Review Article
Effects of Statins on Lipid Profile of Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Table 1
Characteristics of the studies included in this meta-analysis.
| First author’s name | Year | Country | Intervention | Time (months) | Dose (mg/d) | Number | Follow-up (months) | TC achieved (mmol±L) | LDL-C achieved (mmol±L) | HDL-C achieved (mmol±L) | TG achieved (mmol±L) |
| Katznelson | 1995 | America | Pravastatin | 4 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 5.2 | 2.79 | 1.45 | 1.34 | Renders | 2001 | Germany | Atorvastatin | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4.97 | 2.75 | 1.32 | 1.79 | Hausberg | 2001 | Germany | Fluvastatin | 6 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 6.19 | 3.57 | 1.86 | 1.84 | Santos | 2001 | Brazil | Simvastatin | 6 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 5.42 | 3.04 | 1.44 | 2.05 | Kasiske | 2001 | America | Simvastatin | 3 | 10 | 53 | 53 | 5.41 | 2.82 | 1.4 | 2.54 | Holdaas | 2001 | Norway | Fluvastatin | 3 | 40 | 182 | 122 | 5.47 | 3.06 | 1.4 | 2.04 | Seron | 2008 | Spain | Fluvastatin | 6 | 80 | 45 | 39 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yazbek | 2015 | Brazil | Pravastatin | 12 | 10 | 61 | 51 | 4.16 | 2.26 | 1.17 | 1.77 |
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