Alternative lipid lowering therapy

Number of Patients

Absolute change in lipid parameters

Average duration

of therapy

(Months)

Cardiovascular event during therapy

Total Cholesterol (%)

LDL-cholesterol (%)

Alternative statin only

Low dose statin

15

−10.3

−14

10.2

1

Alternative statin plus non-statin lipid lowering therapy

Statin plus ezetemibe

15

−28.5

−37.3

10.9

1

Statin plus fibrate

3

−11.2

−16.2

6

0

Statin plus bile acid sequestrant

1

0

+2.2

10.0

0

Statin plus more than one non-statin therapy

6

−16

−4

9.8

0

Non-statin lipid lowering therapy only

Ezetemibe

3

+17.7

+21.7

9.6

0

Fibrate

2

−29

−32.1

10.5

0

Bile acid sequestrant

2

+5.5

0

11

0

Omega 3 fatty acid

3

+5.1

+25

15.5

0