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The effect of combining rosuvastatin with sartans of different peroxisome proliferator receptor-γ activating capacity on plasma 8-isoprostane prostaglandin F2a levels
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Submission date: 2012-08-08
Final revision date: 2012-09-17
Acceptance date: 2012-09-21
Online publication date: 2013-02-21
Publication date: 2013-02-28
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(1):172-176
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Introduction: Oxidative stress is associated with the development and progression of cardiovascular disease. Plasma 8-isoprostane prostaglandin F2a (8-iso-PGF2a) levels are a reliable marker of oxidative stress.
Material and methods: Patients (n = 151) with hypertension, dyslipidemia and impaired fasting glucose were randomly allocated to rosuvastatin (10 mg/day) plus telmisartan 80 mg/day (RT group, n = 52) or irbesartan 300 mg/day (RI group, n = 48) or olmesartan 20 mg/day (RO group, n = 51). After 6 months of treatment, changes in plasma 8-iso-PGF2a levels were blindly evaluated.
Results: A decrease of 8-iso-PGF2a levels vs baseline was observed only in the RT group (–8.6%; p = 0.02). A trend for decrease vs. baseline was observed in the RI (–5.7%; p = 0.40) and RO (–3.7%; p = 0.60) groups. Changes of 8-iso-PGF2a levels between groups were not significantly different (p = 0.70).
Conclusions: The combination of rosuvastatin with sartans of different peroxisome proliferator receptor-γ activating capacity was associated with a decrease in levels of plasma 8-iso-PGF2a. This decrease reached significance only in the telmisartan group.