ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the safety profile of abnormal liver function in Chinese atherosclerosis patients with atorvastatin 10 mg·d-1 versus 80 mg·d-1 based on systematic review. Methods: Literatures were retrieved from PubMed, EMBASE, CENTRAL, ClinicalTrial, CBM, CNKI, VIP and Wanfang database (December 2014). STATA and Indirect Treatment Comparisons (ITC) software were applied to compute direct and indirect effects of abnormal liver function, and the results were described by relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). Results: In total 27 qualified literatures with 2 507 atherosclerosis patients were included. The maximum treatment period was 5 years. The numbers of direct comparisons in abnormal liver function of 10 mg·d-1 vs 80 mg·d-1, 10 mg·d-1 vs 20 mg·d-1, 20 mg·d-1 vs 80 mg·d-1, 10 mg·d-1 vs 40mg·d-1 and 40mg·d-1 vs 80mg·d-1 were 2, 15, 2, 9, and 1, respectively. The RR of direct effect of abnormal liver function in comparisons of 10mg·d-1 vs 80mg·d-1 was 0.44(95%CI: 0.07 2.95). Setting 20 mg·d-1 and 40 mg·d-1 as a common comparator in ITC, the RR of indirect effect in 10 mg·d-1 vs 80 mg·d-1 group were 0.584(95%CI: 0.034 9.987), 0.437(95%CI: 0.008 22.811), respectively. The direct effect and indirect effect in 10 mg·d-1 vs 80 mg·d-1 group also showed no statistical difference based on treatment time <6 months and ≥6 months. Conclusion:Our results did not find significant differences between 10 mg·d-1 and 80 mg·d-1 group in Chinese atherosclerosis patients treated with atorvastatin for abnormal liver function based on the results of direct and indirect comparison. |