Association of Fenofibrate Therapy With Long-term Cardiovascular Risk in Statin-Treated Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Author(s) -
Marshall B. Elam,
Henry N. Ginsberg,
Laura Lovato,
Marshall A. Corson,
Joseph F. Largay,
Lawrence A. Leiter,
Carlos López,
Patrick J. O’Connor,
Mary Ellen Sweeney,
Daniel Weiß,
William T. Friedewald,
John B. Buse,
Hertzel C. Gerstein,
Jeffrey L. Probstfield,
Richard H. Grimm,
Faramarz IsmailBeigi,
David C. Goff,
Jerome L. Fleg,
Yves Rosenberg,
Robert P. Byington
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2380-6591
pISSN - 2380-6583
DOI - 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.4828
Subject(s) - medicine , fenofibrate , type 2 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , statin , hypertriglyceridemia , population , physical therapy , triglyceride , cholesterol , endocrinology , environmental health
Patients with type 2 diabetes are at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in part owing to hypertriglyceridemia and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. It is unknown whether adding triglyceride-lowering treatment to statin reduces this risk.
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