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Lipid-Lowering Therapies in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Perspective on High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol.

Mohammad Abdullah Al Zubair Naim, Keiichi Sumida, Elani Streja, Fridtjof Thomas, Robert Lowell Davis, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Csaba P Kovesdy

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Review in Drugs, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mohammad Abdullah Al Zubair NaimDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Keiichi SumidaDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Elani StrejaDivision of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Kidney Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, USA.
Fridtjof ThomasDivision of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Robert Lowell DavisCenter for Biomedical Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Kamyar Kalantar-ZadehGreater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Csaba P KovesdyDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA. ckovesdy@uthsc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8204-911X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), with dyslipidemia being a contributing risk factor. In patients with CKD, diminished antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cholesterol transport capacities of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) may contribute to atherosclerosis and poor CVD outcomes. Different lipid-lowering therapies (LLTs) have demonstrated efficacy in correcting dyslipidemia in patients without kidney disease, including substantial elevations in HDL-C levels with triglyceride-lowering therapies, such as fibrates and niacin, as well as novel HDL-targeted therapies, including cholesterol-ester transfer protein inhibitors. However, the effects of HDL-elevating therapies in populations without kidney disease may not readily be extrapolated to patients with CKD, given the distinct dyslipidemia patterns and the lack of high-quality clinical trials in this population. Despite plausible mechanisms of HDL-elevation to improve clinical outcomes, current clinical guidelines only recommend statin use for the treatment of hyperlipidemia in patients with non-dialysis-dependent CKD. In this narrative review, we discuss how HDL-C functionality is affected in patients with CKD and explore evidence investigating different LLTs for HDL elevation and improved clinical outcomes in this population. In patients with CKD, we recommend further investigation of HDL-targeted therapies, comparative effectiveness evaluation of HDL-elevating LLTs versus statins across various clinical endpoints, and whether HDL-C elevation mediates these outcomes.

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Cholesterol, HDLDyslipidemiasHypolipidemic AgentsRenal Insufficiency, ChronicCardiovascular DiseasesHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsNiacinCholesterol, HDLHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsHypolipidemic AgentsNiacin

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PMID41528633

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