{"id":"d8977ba2d1e5","type":"article","url":"https://hartvaat.nl/2018/04/17/uitgangs-ldl-en-mortaliteitsreductie-na-ldl-verlaging-jama-meta-analyse/","title":"Uitgangs-LDL en mortaliteitsreductie na LDL-verlaging: JAMA meta-analyse","title_en":"Association Between Baseline LDL-C Level and Total and Cardiovascular Mortality After LDL-C Lowering: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.","category":"cholesterol","category_label":"Cholesterol","professions":["apotheker","cardioloog","huisarts","internist"],"tags":["dyslipidemie","ezetimibe"],"journal":"JAMA","doi":"10.1001/jama.2018.2525","source_url":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.2525","authors":["Eliano P Navarese","Jennifer G Robinson","Mariusz Kowalewski","Michalina Kolodziejczak","Felicita Andreotti","Kevin Bliden","Udaya Tantry","Jacek Kubica","Paolo Raggi","Paul A Gurbel"],"significance":8,"published":"2018-04-17","source_date":"2018-04-17","image":"","kennis":["https://hartvaat.nl/kennis/lipiden/lp-a-verhoogd/","https://hartvaat.nl/kennis/lipiden/lipidenmedicatie-bij-ckd/"],"congress":"","summary_en":"This JAMA systematic review found that the absolute reduction in cardiovascular mortality from LDL-lowering therapy is proportional to the baseline LDL level, while total mortality benefit is seen primarily in patients with higher baseline LDL. The analysis informed risk-based treatment decisions.","created":"2026-07-03T10:27:14Z","updated":"2026-07-03T13:26:30Z","licence":"Citeer vrij, met bronvermelding en een link naar hartvaat.nl (de url van het record). Samenvattingen zijn redactioneel werk van HartVaat; de oorspronkelijke publicaties blijven van hun uitgevers (doi). Geen medisch advies.","body_markdown":"JAMA systematische review die het verband onderzocht tussen uitgangs-LDL en totale en cardiovasculaire mortaliteitsreductie na LDL-verlaging. Kwantificeert het absolute voordeel per uitgangsrisico.","abstract_original":"IMPORTANCE: Effects on specific fatal and nonfatal end points appear to vary for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)-lowering drug trials. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether baseline LDL-C level is associated with total and cardiovascular mortality risk reductions. DATA SOURCESAND STUDY SELECTION: Electronic databases (Cochrane, MEDLINE, EMBASE, TCTMD, ClinicalTrials.gov, major congress proceedings) were searched through February 2, 2018, to identify randomized clinical trials of statins, ezetimibe, and PCSK9-inhibiting monoclonal antibodies. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Two investigators abstracted data and appraised risks of bias. Intervention groups were categorized as \"more intensive\" (more potent pharmacologic intervention) or \"less intensive\" (less potent, placebo, or control group). MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The coprimary end points were total mortality and cardiovascular mortality. Random-effects meta-regression and meta-analyses evaluated associations between baseline LDL-C level and reductions in mortality end points and secondary end points including major adverse cardiac events (MACE). RESULTS: In 34 trials, 136 299 patients received more intensive and 133 989 received less intensive LDL-C lowering. All-cause mortality was lower for more vs less intensive therapy (7.08% vs 7.70%; rate ratio [RR], 0.92 [95% CI, 0.88 to 0.96]), but varied by baseline LDL-C level. Meta-regression showed more intensive LDL-C lowering was associated with greater reductions in all-cause mortality with higher baseline LDL-C levels (change in RRs per 40-mg/dL increase in baseline LDL-C, 0.91 [95% CI, 0.86 to 0.96]; P = .001; absolute risk difference [ARD], -1.05 incident cases per 1000 person-years [95% CI, -1.59 to -0.51]), but only when baseline LDL-C levels were 100 mg/dL or greater (P < .001 for interaction) in a meta-analysis. Cardiovascular mortality was lower for more vs less intensive therapy (3.48% vs 4.07%; RR, 0.84 [95% CI, 0.79 to 0.89]) but varied by baseline LDL-C level. Meta-regression showed more intensive LDL-C lowering was associated with a greater reduction in cardiovascular mortality with higher baseline LDL-C levels (change in RRs per 40-mg/dL increase in baseline LDL-C, 0.86 [95% CI, 0.80 to 0.94]; P < .001; ARD, -1.0 incident cases per 1000 person-years [95% CI, -1.51 to -0.45]), but only when baseline LDL-C levels were 100 mg/dL or greater (P < .001 for interaction) in a meta-analysis. Trials with baseline LDL-C levels of 160 mg/dL or greater had the greatest reduction in all-cause mortality (RR, 0.72 [95% CI, 0.62 to 0.84]; P < .001; 4.3 fewer deaths per 1000 person-years) in a meta-analysis. More intensive LDL-C lowering was also associated with progressively greater risk reductions with higher baseline LDL-C level for myocardial infarction, revascularization, and MACE. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In these meta-analyses and meta-regressions, more intensive compared with less intensive LDL-C lowering was associated with a greater reduction in risk of total and cardiovascular mortality in trials of patients with higher baseline LDL-C levels. This association was not present when baseline LDL-C level was less than 100 mg/dL, suggesting that the greatest benefit from LDL-C-lowering therapy may occur for patients with higher baseline LDL-C levels."}