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Effects of losartan compared with atenolol on lipids in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy: the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study.

AbstractOBJECTIVE:
Beta-blockers and angiotensin II receptor blockers have different effects on lipids.
METHODS:
We examined lipid levels in the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study and their impact on the primary composite endpoint of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke. We measured total and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol at baseline and annually during 4.8 years of losartan-based compared with atenolol-based treatment in 8611 patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy.
RESULTS:
Patients randomized to losartan-based or atenolol-based treatment had similar baseline total (6.04 +/- 1.12 vs. 6.05 +/- 1.13 mmol/l, NS) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (1.50 +/- 0.44 vs. 1.49 +/- 0.44 mmol/l, NS). Total cholesterol decreased significantly but equally (-0.37 +/- 1.05 vs. -0.34 +/- 1.09 mmol/l, NS), whereas HDL cholesterol decreased less during the first 2 years in patients randomized to losartan compared with atenolol (-0.13 +/- 0.24 vs. -0.19 +/- 0.25 mmol/l) and remained higher each year (1.38, 1.37, 1.42, 1.47, and 1.48 mmol/l vs. 1.32, 1.30, 1.36, 1.40, and 1.42 mmol/l, all P < 0.001) independent of hydrochlorothiazide or statin treatment. In Cox regression analysis, baseline total cholesterol [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.08 (1.02-1.14) per mmol/l, P < 0.01], HDL cholesterol [HR = 0.56 (0.48-0.66) per mmol/l, P < 0.001], and treatment allocation [HR = 0.86 (0.76-0.98), P < 0.05] predicted composite endpoint independently. Using time-varying analyses, the predictive strength of HDL cholesterol was increased [HR = 0.36 (0.30-0.44) per mmol/l, P < 0.001], whereas that of total cholesterol [HR = 1.03 (0.97-1.09) per mmol/l, NS] and treatment allocation [HR = 0.91 (0.80-1.03), NS] were reduced.
CONCLUSION:
Losartan blunted the decrease in HDL cholesterol during antihypertensive treatment in the LIFE study. Higher intreatment HDL cholesterol was associated with fewer composite endpoints and may partly explain the better outcome of losartan-based treatment.
AuthorsMichael Hecht Olsen, Kristian Wachtell, Gareth Beevers, Björn Dahlöf, Giovanni de Simone, Richard B Devereux, Ulf de Faire, Frej Fyhrquist, Hans Ibsen, Sverre E Kjeldsen, Ole Lederballe-Pedersen, Lars H Lindholm, Paulette A Lyle, Markku S Nieminen, Per Omvik, Suzanne Oparil, Hans Wedel
JournalJournal of hypertension (J Hypertens) Vol. 27 Issue 3 Pg. 567-74 (Mar 2009) ISSN: 1473-5598 [Electronic] Netherlands
PMID19262226 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Cholesterol
  • Losartan
Topics
  • Aged
  • Antihypertensive Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Blood Pressure (drug effects)
  • Cardiovascular Diseases (mortality)
  • Cholesterol (blood)
  • Cholesterol, HDL (blood)
  • Diastole
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypertension (complications, drug therapy)
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular (complications, drug therapy)
  • Lipid Metabolism (drug effects)
  • Losartan (therapeutic use)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multicenter Studies as Topic
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

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