The Claim

Higher baseline LDL cholesterol levels are associated with smaller percentage reductions in LDL cholesterol following statin therapy in adults with primary hypercholesterolemia.

Source: LDL Cholesterol Reduction Variability with Different Types and Doses of Statins in Monotherapy or Combined with Ezetimibe. Results from the Spanish Arteriosclerosis Society Dyslipidaemia Registry

What the research says

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Supports
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Correlation
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In plain English

In adults with primary hypercholesterolemia, those who start with higher LDL cholesterol levels experience smaller reductions in LDL cholesterol after taking statins compared to those who start with lower levels.

See the scientific wording

Higher baseline LDL cholesterol levels are associated with smaller percentage reductions in LDL cholesterol following statin therapy in adults with primary hypercholesterolemia.

Why this might work

When there is a lot of LDL cholesterol in the blood, the liver can only increase its LDL receptors so much to remove it. Once the receptors are fully active, adding more statins cannot pull out more cholesterol, so the percentage drop gets smaller.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: LDL Cholesterol Reduction Variability with Different Types and Doses of Statins in Monotherapy or Combined with Ezetimibe. Results from the Spanish Arteriosclerosis Society Dyslipidaemia Registry

    People who start with very high cholesterol tend to see a smaller percentage drop after taking statins than people with moderately high levels, and this study found that higher starting cholesterol is linked to less reduction.

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