eprintid: 1498351 rev_number: 24 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/49/83/51 datestamp: 2016-06-12 01:20:07 lastmod: 2020-02-13 03:19:43 status_changed: 2016-11-11 10:14:00 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Wheeler, DC creators_name: Kasiske, BL title: Statins for hemodialysis patients with diabetes? Long-term follow-up endorses the original conclusions of the 4D Study ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B02 divisions: C10 divisions: D17 divisions: G93 keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Urology & Nephrology, LOWERING LDL CHOLESTEROL, CHRONIC KIDNEY-DISEASE, CONTROLLED-TRIAL, METAANALYSIS, SIMVASTATIN, THERAPY note: Copyright © 2016, International Society of Nephrology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licenses are available at http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher. abstract: The clinical benefits of statins in dialysis patients are unproven. New follow-up data from the 4D Study indicate no clear reduction in cardiovascular events among patients with type-2 diabetes. Assessing outcomes 7.4 years beyond the randomization period (20 mg atorvastatin versus placebo), no differences in a composite cardiovascular outcome were observed and no safety concerns emerged. Current Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines do not need updating based on these new data. date: 2016-06 date_type: published publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP official_url: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2016.02.045 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Editorial Material verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1132413 doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2016.02.045 lyricists_name: Wheeler, David lyricists_id: DWHEE12 full_text_status: public publication: Kidney International volume: 89 number: 6 pagerange: 1189-1191 pages: 3 issn: 0085-2538 citation: Wheeler, DC; Kasiske, BL; (2016) Statins for hemodialysis patients with diabetes? Long-term follow-up endorses the original conclusions of the 4D Study. Kidney International , 89 (6) pp. 1189-1191. 10.1016/j.kint.2016.02.045 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2016.02.045>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1498351/1/wheeler_Attached%20standard%20file-%20Longterm%20outcomes%20of%20the%204D%20study%20R1%20revision.pdf