Title : Increased arterial wall inflammation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis is reduced by statin therapy.

Pub. Date : 2016 Oct

PMID : 27084958






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1 Three-month atorvastatin 40 mg daily significantly lowered low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (baseline 3.55+-1.15 mmol/L, -53%) and CRP (baseline 5.0 (1.5-9.3) mg/L, -58%) with a concomitant decrease of carotid arterial wall inflammation (maximum target-to-background ratio from 1.90+-0.30 to 1.67+-0.27; p=0.009). Atorvastatin C-reactive protein Homo sapiens