J Lipid Atheroscler.  2021 Sep;10(3):303-312. 10.12997/jla.2021.10.3.303.

Combination of Statin and Ezetimibe versus Statin Monotherapy on Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Incidence among Adults with Impaired Fasting Glucose: a PropensityMatched Nationwide Cohort Study

Affiliations
  • 1Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  • 2Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  • 3Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract


Objective
We investigated the effects of statin-ezetimibe combination therapy compared with statin-only treatment on the hazard of incident type 2 diabetes (T2D), myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke among adults with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in a real-world setting.
Methods
The Korean National Health Insurance Service datasets from 2002 to 2017 were used for this propensity-matched nationwide cohort study. Among 56,633 IFG patients without baseline cardiovascular disease (CVD) and/or T2D who initiated statin therapy with or without ezetimibe, 1,155 with statin-ezetimibe combination therapy were matched based on a propensity score at a 1:5 ratio with 5,775 patients who received statin monotherapy. The hazards of T2D, MI, and stroke were compared between these treatment groups.
Results
The incidence rate per 1,000 person-years was 19.62 (statin monotherapy group) and 21.02 (combined treatment group) for T2D, 1.53 (statin monotherapy group) and 1.70 (combined treatment group) for MI, and 1.99 (statin monotherapy group) and 2.06 (combined treatment group) for stroke. The hazards of T2D, MI, and stroke were not significantly different between the statin monotherapy group and the statin-ezetimibe combination therapy group.
Conclusion
The combination of ezetimibe in addition to statin treatment was not associated with a significantly different risk of T2D and CVDs compared with statin monotherapy in Korean adults with IFG.

Keyword

Statin; Ezetimibe; Prediabetic state; Type 2 diabetes; Cardiovascular diseases
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