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Reductions in all-cause, cancer, and coronary mortality in statin-treated patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: a prospective registry study.
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European heart journal [Eur Heart J] 2008 Nov; Vol. 29 (21), pp. 2625-33. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Oct 07. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Aims: To examine the changes in coronary, all-cause, and cancer mortality in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) before and after lipid-lowering therapy with statins.<br />Methods and Results: A total of 3382 patients (1650 men) aged <80 years were recruited from 21 lipid clinics in the United Kingdom and followed prospectively between 1980 and 2006 for 46 580 person-years. There were 370 deaths, including 190 from coronary heart disease (CHD) and 90 from cancer. The standardized mortality ratio (compared with the population in England and Wales) was calculated before and from 1 January 1992. In patients aged 20-79 years, CHD mortality fell significantly by 37% (95% CI = 7-56) from 3.4- to 2.1-fold excess. Primary prevention resulted in a 48% reduction in CHD mortality from 2.0-fold excess to none, with a smaller reduction of nearly 25% in patients with established disease. Coronary mortality was reduced more in women than in men. In patients without known CHD at registration, all-cause mortality from 1992 was 33% (21-43), lower than in the general population, mainly due to a 37% (21-50) lower risk of fatal cancer.<br />Conclusion: The results emphasize the importance of early identification of FH and treatment with statins.
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- Adult
Aged
Coronary Disease complications
England epidemiology
Epidemiologic Methods
Female
Humans
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II complications
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II prevention & control
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms complications
Registries statistics & numerical data
Wales epidemiology
Young Adult
Coronary Disease mortality
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors therapeutic use
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II mortality
Neoplasms mortality
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1522-9645
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 21
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- European heart journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18840879
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn422