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nicotinic acidFinding

Nicotinic acid decreases LDL cholesterol

lowersModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“The pooled WMD suggested that niacin supplementation significantly reduced the level of LDL (WMD, −0.42; 95% CI, −0.50 to −0.34; P <.001), and that there was no evidence of heterogeneity (I 2 = 0.0%; P =.590).”
Quoted verbatim from Effectiveness of niacin supplementation for patients with type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
This finding among the 103 findings on its endpoint

nicotinic acid

LDL cholesterol

lowers

Effect as reported

−0.42mean difference

CI −0.5 to −0.34

Who
Adults with type 2 diabetes in eight randomised trials (2110 patients in the review), pooled across niacin doses and formulations; three trials added niacin to a statin given in both arms; control was placebo or no treatment with the same background therapy
Dose studied
not reported

Moderate evidencePMID 32702899 · 2020

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Medicine
What else it reported3 findings · 1 compound · 3 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZGW9G47H778B9905QRTG4B