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Lipids, apolipoproteins, and their ratios in relation to cardiovascular events with statin treatment

Kastelein, John J.P., van der Steeg, Wim A., Holme, Ingar, Gaffney, Michael, Cater, Nilo B., Barter, Philip, Deedwania, Prakash, Olsson, Anders G. +6 more·2008·Circulation

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is the principal target of lipid-lowering therapy, but recent evidence has suggested more appropriate targets. We compared the relationships of on-treatment levels of LDL cholesterol, non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B, as well as ratios of total/HDL cholesterol, LDL/HDL cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B/A-I, with the occurrence of cardiovascular events in patients receiving statin therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS: A post hoc analysis was performed that combined data from 2 prospective, randomized clinical trials in which 10,001 ("Treating to New Targets") and 8888 ("Incremental Decrease in End Points through Aggressive Lipid Lowering") patients with established coronary heart disease were assigned to usual-dose or high-dose statin treatment. In models with LDL cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein B were positively associated with cardiovascular outcome, whereas a positive relationship with LDL cholesterol was lost. In a model that contained non-HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein B, neither was significant owing to collinearity. Total/HDL cholesterol ratio and the apolipoprotein B/A-I ratio in particular were each more closely associated with outcome than any of the individual proatherogenic lipoprotein parameters. CONCLUSIONS: In patients receiving statin therapy, on-treatment levels of non-HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein B were more closely associated with cardiovascular outcome than levels of LDL cholesterol. Inclusion of measurements of the antiatherogenic lipoprotein fraction further strengthened the relationships. These data support the use of non-HDL cholesterol or apolipoprotein B as novel treatment targets for statin therapy. Given the absence of interventions that have been proven to consistently reduce cardiovascular disease risk through raising plasma levels of HDL cholesterol or apolipoprotein A-I, it seems premature to consider the ratio variables as clinically useful.

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Kastelein, J. J. P., van der Steeg, W. A., Holme, I., Gaffney, M., Cater, N. B., Barter, P., Deedwania, P., Olsson, A. G., Boekholdt, S. M., Demicco, D. A., Szarek, M., LaRosa, J. C., Pedersen, T. R., & Grundy, S. M.
Affiliations
  • State University of New York (US)
  • From the Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam (J.J.P.K., W.A.v.d.S., S.M.B.), Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Center for Preventive Medicine, Ullevål University Hospital (I.H., T.R.P.), Oslo, Norway; Pfizer Inc (M.G., N.B.C., D.A.D., M.S.), New York, NY; the Heart Research Institute (P.B.), Sydney, Australia; Veterans Affairs Central California Healthcare System and University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (P.D.), San Francisco, Calif; University Hospital (A.G.O.),...
Venue
Circulation
Published
2008-06-10
Volume
117
Issue
23
Pages
3002-3009
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
OpenAlex
W1982036768
Cited by
478
References
45
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FWCI
52.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
Keywords
statin therapy, non-HDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein B, apolipoprotein B/A-I ratio, TC/HDL-C ratio, LDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-I, cardiovascular events, coronary artery disease, lipid-lowering targets, lipoprotein ratios
MeSH terms
Aged, Apolipoproteins B, Coronary Disease, Female, Humans, Lipids, Cholesterol, HDL, Cholesterol, LDL, Male, Middle Aged, Risk, Triglycerides, Proportional Hazards Models, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Databases, Factual, Apolipoprotein A-I, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Dyslipidemias

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