Trial reportLipids in health and disease2026

Association of fenofibrate therapy with cardiovascular events and mortality in diabetes patients with early-diagnosed hyperlipidemia.

Huidan Liu, Kan Wang, Yujie Ren, Xuefang Hu, Mian Li, Tiange Wang, Min Xu, Jieli Lu, Yufang Bi, Yu Xu

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Lipids in health and disease, 2026. The graph read 5 numbers from its abstract, feeding 2 cells of the map: it supports the treatment in 1, finds no clear difference in 1. Not yet cited in PubMed.

5numbers the graph read from it
2cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
field-weighted citation impact
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.

← favours the treatmentfavours the comparator →
0.51 · no effect
Cardiovascular eventsfavours the treatment · against placebo · ascvd, t2dfeeds one cell of the map
HR 0.470.30 to 0.74
Notably, the reduction in MACEs risk was driven primarily by a significant decrease in death from cardiovascular causes among early-diagnosed hyperlipidemia group (HR 0.47, 95% CI 0.30-0.74; P for interaction = 0.07), whereas no significant benefit was observed for nonfatal myocardial infarction or stroke.
All-cause mortalityno clear difference · against placebo · ascvd, t2dfeeds one cell of the map
HR 1.120.81 to 1.55
Fenofibrate significantly reduced all-cause mortality risk in the early-diagnosed group (HR = 0.57, 95% CI 0.41-0.79) but not in the late-diagnosed group (HR = 1.12, 95% CI 0.81-1.55; P for interaction = 0.006).
Cardiovascular eventsfavours the treatment · against placebo · ascvd, t2dfeeds one cell of the map
HR 0.690.55 to 0.88
Similarly, fenofibrate reduced major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) risk in the early-diagnosed group (HR = 0.69, 95%CI 0.55-0.88), with a non-significant trend in the late-diagnosed group (HR = 0.86, 95%CI 0.64-1.16; P for interaction = 0.256).
Cardiovascular eventsno clear difference · against placebo · ascvd, t2dfeeds one cell of the map
HR 0.860.64 to 1.16
Similarly, fenofibrate reduced major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) risk in the early-diagnosed group (HR = 0.69, 95%CI 0.55-0.88), with a non-significant trend in the late-diagnosed group (HR = 0.86, 95%CI 0.64-1.16; P for interaction = 0.256).
All-cause mortalityfavours the treatment · against placebo · ascvd, t2dfeeds one cell of the map
HR 0.570.41 to 0.79
Fenofibrate significantly reduced all-cause mortality risk in the early-diagnosed group (HR = 0.57, 95% CI 0.41-0.79) but not in the late-diagnosed group (HR = 1.12, 95% CI 0.81-1.55; P for interaction = 0.006).

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2 · Its place on the map

Where it lands on the map

Rows are treatments, columns are outcomes. The coloured squares are the cells this paper feeds, coloured by the vote it casts there. Click one to jump to what this paper adds to it.

supports the treatmentfavours the comparatorno clear differenceread, but no usable result
3 · What it changes

What it adds to each cell

For every cell the paper feeds: the belief in the claim with and without this paper, and this paper's estimate drawn against every other readable study in the cell. The ringed dot is this paper.

Other lipid agents×cardiovascular events

SupportsOpen on the map →What to test next →

10 readable studies in this cell: 5 favour the treatment, 5 find no difference, 0 favour the comparator.

Belief with this paper
0.80established · 4 families support, 1 contradict · against placebo
Without it
0.50This paper moves it by +0.30. It would be contested.
← favours the treatmentfavours the comparator →
1 · no effect
This paper · 2026
HR 0.470.30 to 0.74
NCT0020287818,144 enrolled · 2005
HR 0.940.89 to 0.99
NCT0061899526 enrolled · 2007
Geometric least-squares mean ratio 0.940.77 to 1.14

Other lipid agents×all-cause mortality

InconclusiveOpen on the map →What to test next →

2 readable studies in this cell: 1 favour the treatment, 1 find no difference, 0 favour the comparator.

Belief with this paper
0.50one trial · 1 family supports, 0 contradict · against placebo
Without it
0.50This paper does not move the number.
← favours the treatmentfavours the comparator →
1 · no effect
This paper · 2026
HR 1.120.81 to 1.55
NCT0020287818,144 enrolled · 2005
HR 0.940.89 to 0.99
4 · 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.

5 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

6 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

7 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Huidan LiuSchool of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Kan WangDepartment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yujie RenSchool of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xuefang HuSchool of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Mian LiDepartment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Tiange WangDepartment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Min XuDepartment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jieli LuDepartment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yufang BiSchool of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China. byf10784@rjh.com.cn.
Yu XuDepartment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. jane.yuxu@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

8 · The paper itself

Abstract

The marked sentences are the ones the graph read a number from.

The age at hyperlipidemia diagnosis has been reported to be associated with cardiovascular disease and mortality. This exploratory post hoc analysis of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) Lipid trial investigated whether the age at diagnosis of hyperlipidemia influences the effect of adding fenofibrate versus placebo to simvastatin on cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality in diabetes patients. Participants (n = 3861) were stratified into early- (≤ 60 years old) and late-diagnosed (> 60 years old) hyperlipidemia group based on self-reported year of hyperlipidemia diagnosis. Fenofibrate significantly reduced all-cause mortality risk in the early-diagnosed group (HR = 0.57, 95% CI 0.41–0.79) but not in the late-diagnosed group (HR = 1.12, 95% CI 0.81–1.55; P for interaction = 0.006). Similarly, fenofibrate reduced major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) risk in the early-diagnosed group (HR = 0.69, 95%CI 0.55–0.88), with a non-significant trend in the late-diagnosed group (HR = 0.86, 95%CI 0.64–1.16; P for interaction = 0.256). Notably, the reduction in MACEs risk was driven primarily by a significant decrease in death from cardiovascular causes among early-diagnosed hyperlipidemia group (HR 0.47, 95% CI 0.30–0.74; P for interaction = 0.07), whereas no significant benefit was observed for nonfatal myocardial infarction or stroke. These findings suggest that fenofibrate use is associated with lower cardiovascular events and mortality risk specifically in diabetes patients with early-diagnosed hyperlipidemia.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FenofibrateHyperlipidemiasHypolipidemic AgentsAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSimvastatinFenofibrateHypolipidemic AgentsSimvastatinAll-cause mortalityCardiovascular eventsEarly-diagnosed hyperlipidemiaFenofibrate

Identifiers

PMID41622209
PMCPMC12955317

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