Effect of statin treatment on renal function and serum uric acid levels and their relation to vascular events in patients with CHD and metabolic syndrome: a subgroup analysis of the GREek Atorvastatin and Coronary heart disease Evaluation (GREACE) Study.
Τίτλος | Effect of statin treatment on renal function and serum uric acid levels and their relation to vascular events in patients with CHD and metabolic syndrome: a subgroup analysis of the GREek Atorvastatin and Coronary heart disease Evaluation (GREACE) Study. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2007 |
Authors | Athyros, V. G., Mikhailidis D. P., Liberopoulos E. N., Kakafika A. I., Karagiannis A., Papageorgiou A. A., Tziomalos K., Ganotakis E. S., & Elisaf M. |
Journal | Nephrol Dial Transplant |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 118-27 |
Date Published | 2007 Jan |
ISSN | 0931-0509 |
Λέξεις κλειδιά | Aged, Atorvastatin, Coronary Disease, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Creatinine, Female, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Greece, Heptanoic Acids, Humans, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Kidney, Male, Metabolic syndrome, Middle Aged, Pyrroles, Uric Acid |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with increased risk for both vascular and chronic kidney disease. Whether statins ameliorate these risks is not established. |
DOI | 10.1093/ndt/gfl538 |
Alternate Journal | Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. |
PubMed ID | 16998214 |