Two-Year Statin Therapy Does Not Alter the Progression of Intima-Media Thickness in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Without Manifest Cardio-vascular Disease
Response to Beishuizen et al.
- Arrigo F.G. Cicero, MD1,
- Antonio V. Gaddi, MD, PHD1 and
- Giuseppe Derosa, MD, PHD2
- 1“G Descovich” Atherosclerosis and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- 2Internal Medicine and Therapeutics Department, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Address correspondence to Arrigo F.G. Cicero, MD, “G Descovich” Atherosclerosis and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti, 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy. E-mail: afgcicero{at}cardionet.it
We read the recent study by Beishuizen et al. (1), which claims that statin treatment had no effect on intima-media thickness (IMT) in diabetic subjects. We agree that contrary to the suggestions made in the Third Report of the Adult Treatment Panel of the National Cholesterol Education Program (2), diabetes is not always a cardiovascular disease equivalent in terms of cardiovascular event risk and that this risk is more related to the individual level of other cardiovascular …
