title: [Treatment for dyslipidemias in patients with arterial hypertension].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate a combination of the effects of non-drug measures and rozuvastatin on the lipid spectrum and blood pressure (BP) in patients with treated arterial hypertension (AH) concurrent with dyslipidemia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The multicenter open-labeled prospective program included 299 patients from 19 cities and towns of Russia. Two hundred and eighty-eight patients completed phase 1 of the program; out of them 279 patients (149 males and 130 females) aged 58-80 years (56.7 +/- 8.7 years) with a mean AH history of 10.3 +/- 8.4 years. Phase 1 of the program involved 3 visits and it was over 12 weeks after rozuvastatin therapy. Phase 2 (including a visit 12 weeks following the termination of Phase 1) is being continued.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Rozuvastatin therapy resulted in a reduction in the levels of total cholesterol (TC) by 2.5 +/- 0.8 mmol/l (p < 0.001), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by 2.2 +/- 0.8 mmol/l (p < 0.001), triglycerides (TG) by 0.8 +/- 0.9 mmol/l (p < 0.001), and atherogenicity index (AI) by 2.8 +/- 1.4 (p < 0.001) and an increase in the content of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol by 0.2 +/- 0.2 mmol/l (p < 0.001), which produced the target levels of LDL cholesterol in 61% of the patients, HDL cholesterol in 70%, and TG in 73%. During unaltered antihypertensive therapy there were also decreases in body mass by 1.5 +/- 2.8 mmol/l (p < 0.001), body mass index by 0.5 +/- 1.0 kg/ m2 (p < 0.001), waist circumference by 1.0 +/- 3.2 cm (p < 0.001), and BP by 72 +/- 14.2/4.1 +/- 8.6 mm Hg (p < 0.001). There was an increase in the activity of aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase, and creatine phosphokinase; however, this was clinically significant in none patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rozuvastatin significantly lowers the levels of TC, LDL cholesterol, TG, and AI and elevates the concentration of HDL cholesterol. In the majority (83%) of the patients, rozuvastatin used in a dose of 10 mg/day was sufficient to normalize the lipid profile, which makes it possible to recommend that rozuvastatin therapy should be started from this dose.
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Chazova
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Kukharchuk
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Ratova
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Kaminnaia
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005464:Fluorobenzenes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000068718:Rosuvastatin Calcium; D012426:Russia; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D005464:Fluorobenzenes; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D011743:Pyrimidines; D013449:Sulfonamides; D000068718:Rosuvastatin Calcium; D002784:Cholesterol