Impact of Lowering Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol with Contemporary Lipid-Lowering Medicines on Cognitive Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Autor: Zhida Shen, Meihui Wang, Binquan Zhou, Hangying Ying, Jiacheng Wang
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. 35:153-166
ISSN: 1573-7241
0920-3206
Popis: To evaluate the potential association between the lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) with contemporary lipid-lowering medicines and cognitive function. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in databases including PubMed, Embase, and the Web of Science and all databases in the Cochrane Library and ClinicalTrials.gov were collected from inception to January 1, 2020. The cognitive function of patients receiving proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors, statins and ezetimibe was evaluated using meta-analysis. A total of 2910 studies were obtained from databases and other sources. Thirty-three studies were selected by screening, including 11 studies on alirocumab, 9 studies on evolocumab, 11 studies on statins and 2 studies on ezetimibe. In our study, a total of 128,691 patients with no cognitive impairment were divided into an intervention group (66,330 patients) and a control group (62,361 patients). The data were subjected to a random-effects model or a fixed-effects model for meta-analysis. The contemporary lipid-lowering medicines significantly reduced LDL-C in terms of both percentage (WMD: −45.06%, 95% CI −50.12% to −40.00%, P
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