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 |