Statins × body weight & composition

TrialAIDS (London, England)2025

No evidence of pitavastatin effect on muscle area or density among people with HIV.

Kristine M Erlandson et al.PubMed ↗Full text ↗Publisher ↗

  • Pitavastatinno clear effectHigher height-adjusted MA, no range given, higher MD, no range given.No ranges given.

What the trial testedas reported · 2025

No range given

Reported higher height-adjusted MA, no range given

+0.50cm

pitavastatin vs placebo

As reported

difference 0.5 cm, no interval

No range given

Reported higher MD, no range given

+1.00cm

pitavastatin vs placebo

As reported

difference 1 cm, no interval

Who was studied, and how

people with cardiovascular disease, in this paper

The trial randomly assignedassigned by chance

pitavastatin
placebo

Reported higher height-adjusted MA, no range given+0.50

Reported higher MD, no range given+1.00

randomised

the abstract, start to end

month 24 outcomes were minimal [within 0.5 cm 2 /m for height-adjusted MA with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) bounds within <1 cm 2 /m, and within 1

← favours treatmentfavours comparator →
could be chance
No interval given · direction only, strength unknown
Height-adjusted MApitavastatin vs placebo
0.5
MDpitavastatin vs placebo
1
StatinsBody weight & composition

Statins × body weight & compositionhelps?no deciding trial

unlikelylikely
0.250.25 without it
← favours treatmentfavours comparator →
this papermore certainless certain
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1 paper cites it

2025
this papercites it
Full record →Abstract, authors, funding and every citing paper · PMID 40704993