Thursday, 26 January 2012

Statins double the risk of stroke

This study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine 2005 Jul 21;353(3):238-48

Study title and authors:
Atorvastatin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus undergoing hemodialysis.
Wanner C, Krane V, März W, Olschewski M, Mann JF, Ruf G, Ritz E; German Diabetes and Dialysis Study Investigators.
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. wanner_c@medizin.uni-wuerzburg.de

This study investigated the effects of statin (atorvastatin) treatment in diabetic patients receiving hemodialysis. The study included 1,255 subjects with type 2 diabetes who were receiving hemodialysis who were assigned to receive either 20 mg of atorvastatin per day or matching placebo.

The study found:
  • Those receiving atorvastatin had twice the risk of a fatal stroke.
  • Death rates were similar in both groups.

This study found that atorvastatin increased stroke risk and had no effect on total death rates.  

0 comments:

Post a Comment

 

Copyright © Healthy Diets New Design by O Pregador | Blogger Theme by Blogger Template de luxo | Powered by Blogger