PMID: 15220255Jun 29, 2004Paper

Reduction of cardiovascular events by simvastatin in nondiabetic coronary heart disease patients with and without the metabolic syndrome: subgroup analyses of the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

Diabetes Care
K PyöräläScandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

Abstract

To assess the effect of simvastatin treatment on the risk of cardiovascular events in nondiabetic patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) with and without the metabolic syndrome, as defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP-III). Subgroup analyses were performed on data from 3933 nondiabetic patients with clinically established CHD, serum total cholesterol level 5.5-8.0 mmol/l, and serum triglyceride level <or=2.5 mmol/l who were participating in the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S), a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. End points were total mortality, coronary mortality, major CHD event, myocardial revascularization, any CHD event, stroke, and any atherosclerotic event. Over the 5.4-year median follow-up period, simvastatin produced similar changes in serum lipid levels in 893 patients with the metabolic syndrome and in 3040 patients without the metabolic syndrome. The relative risks of main end points in simvastatin-treated patients compared with placebo-treated patients with the metabolic syndrome were as follows: total mortality 0.54 (95% CI 0.36-0.82), coronary mortality 0.39 (0.23-0.65), major CHD event 0.59 (0.45-0.77), and any atherosclerotic event 0.69...Continue Reading

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