Comparison of the effects of fibrates versus statins on plasma lipoprotein(a) concentrations: A systematic review and meta-analysis of head-to-head randomized controlled trials

BMC Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^a,b   Simental Mendía, Luis E ^c   Watts, Gerald F ^b,d   Serban, Maria Corina ^e   Banach, Maciej ^f  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

3 hydroxy 3 methyl glutaryl CoA; Apolipoprotein(a); Combination therapy; Coronary heart disease; PPAR ; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; BEZAFIBRATE; FENOFIBRATE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUINDOSTATIN; GEMFIBROZIL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPOPROTEIN A; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ARTICLE; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; FEMALE; RISK FACTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FIBRIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85011411561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0787-7     Document Type: Article

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