Evidence mapPaperPMID 21643812Full record

Trial reportHeart and vessels2012

Prospective, randomized, single-blind comparison of effects of 6 months' treatment with atorvastatin versus pravastatin on leptin and angiogenic factors in patients with coronary artery disease.

Yuji Takahashi, Mamoru Satoh, Tsuyoshi Tabuchi, Motoyuki Nakamura

Abstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Heart and vessels, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuji TakahashiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology and Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Uchimaru 19-1, Morioka, Iwate 020-8505, Japan.
Mamoru Satoh
Tsuyoshi Tabuchi
Motoyuki Nakamura
Iwate Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leptin has been reported to exert an atherosclerotic effect by regulating expression of angiogenic factors that have been implicated in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease (CAD). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) with statins could affect leptin levels and angiogenic factors in patients with CAD. This study included 76 patients with CAD and 15 subjects without CAD (non-CAD). CAD patients were randomized to 6 months of intensive LLT with atorvastatin or moderate LLT with pravastatin. Plasma leptin, angiopoetin-2 (Ang-2), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels were measured prior to statin therapy (baseline) and after 6 months. Baseline levels of leptin, Ang-2, HGF and VEGF were higher in the CAD group than in the non-CAD group (all P < 0.05). Treatment with intensive LLT decreased leptin, Ang-2, HGF and VEGF levels, whereas moderate LLT did not change these levels. This study suggests that LLT with atorvastatin decreases leptin levels and angiogenic factors in patients with CAD, possibly contributing to the beneficial effects of LLT with atorvastatin in CAD.

Indexed as

AgedAnalysis of VarianceAngiogenic ProteinsAngiopoietin-2AtorvastatinBiomarkersCoronary Artery DiseaseDown-RegulationFemaleHepatocyte Growth FactorHeptanoic AcidsHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsJapanLeptinLipidsAngiogenic ProteinsAngiopoietin-2AtorvastatinBiomarkersHepatocyte Growth FactorHeptanoic AcidsHGF protein, humanHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsLeptinLipidsPravastatinPyrrolesVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVEGFA protein, human

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PMID21643812
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