title: Effects of fluvastatin on lipid profile and apolipoproteins in Chinese patients with hypercholesterolemia.
abstract: The effects of fluvastatin treatment on lipid profile and apolipoproteins were assessed in a group of 31 Chinese patients with hypercholesterolemia, maintained on a constant low-fat diet. Some patients had the additional cardiovascular risk factors of hypertension and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and 6 patients had familial hypercholesterolemia. Baseline lipid levels were measured after a 4-week placebo period, and these were repeated after 4 weeks of treatment with fluvastatin 20 mg daily, and after 4 weeks of treatment with fluvastatin 40 mg daily. Total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, and apolipoprotein (apo) B were each reduced to the same extent with the 2 doses of fluvastatin (-20%, -26%, and -20%, respectively). Triglycerides and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol were also reduced by about 12% with the 2 doses of fluvastatin. Apo A-I was increased by 7% and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was increased by 10% with the 40 mg dose. The increase in HDL-C was due to increases in both HDL2-C (18%) and HDL3-C (7%). Lipoprotein(a) levels did not show any significant change with the 2 doses of fluvastatin in this short-term study. One patient developed reversible asymptomatic elevation of liver enzymes with the higher dose of fluvastatin; otherwise the drug was well tolerated and no patients had to be withdrawn from the study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tomlinson
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Mak
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Tsui
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Shek
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Critchley
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Masarei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000097:blood; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000097:blood; D002681:China; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D015243:Cholesterol, VLDL / Q000097:blood; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D000077340:Fluvastatin; D006801:Humans; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy; D007211:Indoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010919:Placebos; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D015243:Cholesterol, VLDL; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D008055:Lipids; D010919:Placebos; D014280:Triglycerides; D000077340:Fluvastatin; D002784:Cholesterol; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases