Research Service, Veterans Affairs Hospital, White River Junction, VT 05009, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2013 Apr;103(4):e105-12. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301163. Epub 2013 Feb 14.
We postulated the existence of a statin-iron nexus by which statins improve cardiovascular disease outcomes at least partially by countering proinflammatory effects of excess iron stores.
Using data from a clinical trial of iron (ferritin) reduction in advanced peripheral arterial disease, the Iron and Atherosclerosis Study, we compared effects of ferritin levels versus high-density lipoprotein to low-density lipoprotein ratios (both were randomization variables) on clinical outcomes in participants receiving and not receiving statins.
Statins increased high-density lipoprotein to low-density lipoprotein ratios and reduced ferritin levels by noninteracting mechanisms. Improved clinical outcomes were associated with lower ferritin levels but not with improved lipid status.
There are commonalities between the clinical benefits of statins and the maintenance of physiologic iron levels. Iron reduction may be a safe and low-cost alternative to statins.
我们假设存在他汀类药物-铁的关联,通过抵消过量铁储存的促炎作用,他汀类药物至少部分改善了心血管疾病的预后。
利用一项关于铁(铁蛋白)减少在晚期外周动脉疾病(铁和动脉粥样硬化研究)中的临床试验数据,我们比较了铁蛋白水平与高密度脂蛋白对低密度脂蛋白比值(两者都是随机变量)对接受和不接受他汀类药物治疗的参与者临床结局的影响。
他汀类药物通过非交互机制增加了高密度脂蛋白对低密度脂蛋白的比值并降低了铁蛋白水平。改善的临床结果与较低的铁蛋白水平相关,而与改善的脂质状态无关。
他汀类药物的临床益处与维持生理铁水平之间存在共同之处。减少铁可能是一种安全且低成本的替代他汀类药物的方法。