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立方体的使用和胆结石疾病的风险,其次是胆囊切除术
Michael Bodmer1, Yolanda B Brauchli, Stephan Krähenbühl
1Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
JAMA
|November 12, 2009
概括
长期使用他类药物显著降低了需要胆囊切除术的胆结石疾病的风险. 这一发现表明,降胆固醇药物可以预防胆结石,这是一个常见的健康问题.
科学领域:
- 心血管药理学心血管药理学
- 胃肠病学 胃肠病学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 胆结石病是西方国家普遍存在的疾病,对经济造成重大负担.
- 通过抑制肝脏胆固醇合成,他类药物可以降低胆固醇度,从而降低胆固醇胆结石的风险.
- 关于他类药物使用与胆结石风险之间的联系的人类数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 调查降脂剂 (他类药物,纤维酸盐) 与胆结石病发病率之间的关联.
- 为了确定胆结石疾病需要胆囊切除术的风险,与他类药物,纤维酸盐或其他降脂剂的使用有关.
主要方法:
- 一项基于英国的病例控制研究利用了1994年至2008年的通用实践研究数据库.
- 27,035名胆囊切除术患者与106,531名对照进行了匹配.
- 条件后勤回归分析了与降脂剂暴露相关的胆结石疾病的几率比率 (OR),调整为混因素.
主要成果:
- 目前使用的他类药物显示了与减少胆结石风险的剂量依赖关联.
- 接受5-19种他类药物处方的患者的调整OR (AOR) 为0.85 (95% CI,0.77-0.93).
- 与非使用者相比,那些有20个或更多处方的患者的AOR明显较低,为0.64 (95% CI,0.59-0.70).
结论:
- 长期的他类药物治疗与需要胆囊切除术的胆结石风险降低有关.
- 这些发现表明,他类药物在胆结石疾病中的潜在预防作用.
- 保护作用在各种患者人口统计学和他类中是一致的.
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