TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of vitamin D levels in patients with and without statin-associated myalgia - A systematic review and meta-analysis of 7 studies with 2420 patients
AU - Michalska-Kasiczak, Marta
AU - Sahebkar, Amirhossein
AU - Mikhailidis, Dimitri P.
AU - Rysz, Jacek
AU - Muntner, Paul
AU - Toth, Peter P.
AU - Jones, Steven R.
AU - Rizzo, Manfredi
AU - Kees Hovingh, G.
AU - Farnier, Michel
AU - Moriarty, Patrick M.
AU - Bittner, Vera A.
AU - Lip, Gregory Y.H.
AU - Banach, Maciej
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/1/15
Y1 - 2015/1/15
N2 - Introduction Vitamin D (vit D) deficiency may be associated with an increased risk of statin-related symptomatic myalgia in statin-treated patients. The aim of this meta-analysis was to substantiate the role of serum vitamin D levels in statin-associated myalgia.Methods The search included PUBMED, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and EMBASE from January 1, 1987 to April 1, 2014 to identify studies that investigated the impact of vit D levels in statin-treated subjects with and without myalgia. Two independent reviewers extracted data on study characteristics, methods and outcomes. Quantitative data synthesis was performed using a fixed-effect model.Results The electronic search yielded 437 articles; of those 20 were scrutinized as full texts and 13 studies were considered unsuitable. The final analysis included 7 studies with 2420 statin-treated patients divided into subgroups of patients with (n = 666 [27.5%]) or without (n = 1754) myalgia. Plasma vit D concentrations in the symptomatic and asymptomatic subgroups were 28.4 ± 13.80 ng/mL and 34.86 ± 11.63 ng/mL, respectively. The combination of data from individual observational studies showed that vit D plasma concentrations were significantly lower in patients with statin-associated myalgia compared with patients not manifesting this side effect (weighted mean difference - 9.41 ng/mL; 95% confidence interval: - 10.17 to - 8.64; p < 0.00001).Conclusions This meta-analysis provides evidence that low vit D levels are associated with myalgia in patients on statin therapy. Randomized controlled trials are necessary to establish whether vitamin D supplementation reduces the risk for statin-associated myalgia.
AB - Introduction Vitamin D (vit D) deficiency may be associated with an increased risk of statin-related symptomatic myalgia in statin-treated patients. The aim of this meta-analysis was to substantiate the role of serum vitamin D levels in statin-associated myalgia.Methods The search included PUBMED, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and EMBASE from January 1, 1987 to April 1, 2014 to identify studies that investigated the impact of vit D levels in statin-treated subjects with and without myalgia. Two independent reviewers extracted data on study characteristics, methods and outcomes. Quantitative data synthesis was performed using a fixed-effect model.Results The electronic search yielded 437 articles; of those 20 were scrutinized as full texts and 13 studies were considered unsuitable. The final analysis included 7 studies with 2420 statin-treated patients divided into subgroups of patients with (n = 666 [27.5%]) or without (n = 1754) myalgia. Plasma vit D concentrations in the symptomatic and asymptomatic subgroups were 28.4 ± 13.80 ng/mL and 34.86 ± 11.63 ng/mL, respectively. The combination of data from individual observational studies showed that vit D plasma concentrations were significantly lower in patients with statin-associated myalgia compared with patients not manifesting this side effect (weighted mean difference - 9.41 ng/mL; 95% confidence interval: - 10.17 to - 8.64; p < 0.00001).Conclusions This meta-analysis provides evidence that low vit D levels are associated with myalgia in patients on statin therapy. Randomized controlled trials are necessary to establish whether vitamin D supplementation reduces the risk for statin-associated myalgia.
KW - Myalgia
KW - Statin intolerance
KW - Statin-associated myalgia
KW - Vitamin D
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.118
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.118
M3 - Article
C2 - 25464233
AN - SCOPUS:84916238750
SN - 0167-5273
VL - 178
SP - 111
EP - 116
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
ER -