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Effect of Long-Term Exposure to Lower Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Beginning Early in Life on the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
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Objectives The purpose of this study was to estimate the effect of long-term exposure to lower plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) on the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).Background LDL-C is causally related to the risk of CHD. However, the association between long-term exposure to lower LDL-C beginning early in life and the risk of CHD has not been reliably quantified.Methods We conducted a series of meta-analyses to estimate the effect of long-term exposure to lower LDL-C on the risk of CHD mediated by 9 polymorphisms in 6 different genes. We then combined these Mendelian randomization studies in a meta-analysis to obtain a more precise estimate of the effect of long-term exposure to lower LDL-C and compared it with the clinical benefit associated with the same magnitude of LDL-C reduction during treatment with a statin.Results All 9 polymorphisms were associated with a highly consistent reduction in the risk of CHD per unit lower LDL-C, with no evidence of heterogeneity of effect (I(2) = 0.0%). In a meta-analysis combining nonoverlapping data from 312,321 participants, naturally random allocation to long-term exposure to lower LDL-C was associated with a 54.5% (95% confidence interval: 48.8% to 59.5%) reduction in the risk of CHD for each mmol/l (38.7 mg/dl) lower LDL-C. This represents a 3-fold greater reduction in the risk of CHD per unit lower LDL-C than that observed during treatment with a statin started later in life (p = 8.43 × 10(-19)).Conclusions Prolonged exposure to lower LDL-C beginning early in life is associated with a substantially greater reduction in the risk of CHD than the current practice of lowering LDL-C beginning later in life.
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“Second, genetic variants reflect the effect of lifelong changes in ApoB-containing lipoproteins on the risk of cardiovascular disease, which appear to be cumulative over time.5,34”
From Association of Triglyceride-Lowering LPL Variants and LDL-C–Lowering LDLR Variants With Risk of Coronary Heart Disease (2019) · cites this paper as [34]
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“Numerous epidemiological studies, Mendelian randomization studies, and RCTs have consistently demonstrated a log-linear relationship between the absolute changes in plasma LDL-C and the risk of ASCVD [34,45-50].”
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“Additionally, increasing evidence also suggests that the duration of exposure to low LDL-C levels may be as important as the magnitude of LDL-C lowering [11][12][13][14][15][16].”
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“A large meta-analysis by Ference et al. has demonstrated that prolonged exposure to lower LDL-C levels beginning at a young age is associated with a substantially greater reduction in the risk of CVD than the current practice of lowering LDL-C levels later in life [13].”
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“It was found that lifelong exposure to low LDL-C levels as a result of these gene polymorphisms was associated with three-fold greater reduction in the risk of CVD per unit lower LDL-C level than that observed during treatment with a statin started later in life.”
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“The long-term follow-up of large clinical trials of statins that were conducted in the 1990s, such as the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS) and the Heart Protection Study (HPS)628, 629) confirmed that early initiation of LDLC-lowering therapy regardless of the plasma LDL-C level was useful for the long-term prevention of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in high-risk”
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“No increases in new-incidence cancer or non-CVD deaths were observed, which reconfirms the safety of long-term LDL-C-lowering therapy using statins.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ference, B. A., Yoo, W., Alesh, I., Mahajan, N., Mirowska, K. K., Mewada, A., Kahn, J., Afonso, L., Williams, K. A., & Flack, J. M.
- Affiliations
- Wayne State University (US)
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Detroit Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ference, Brian A.
- Venue
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-12
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 25
- Pages
- 2631-2639
- ISSN
- 0735-1097 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W72392028
- Cited by
- 898
- References
- 44
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- FWCI
- 47.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Novartis
- Medtronic
- NIH
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Paraoxonase enzyme and polymorphisms
- Keywords
- LDL cholesterol, coronary heart disease risk, genetic polymorphism, Mendelian randomization, statin therapy, LDL cholesterol lowering, cardiovascular risk reduction
- MeSH terms
- Coronary Artery Disease, Follow-Up Studies, Genetic Markers, Humans, Cholesterol, LDL, Polymorphism, Genetic, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Global Health, Incidence, Risk Assessment, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Mendelian Randomization Analysis
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