Differences Between Rosuvastatin and Atorvastatin in Lipid-Lowering Action and Effect on Glucose Metabolism in Japanese Hypercholesterolemic Patients With Concurrent Diabetes: Lipid-Lowering With Highly Potent Statins in Hyperlipidemia With Type 2 Diabetes Patients (LISTEN) Study

Background:Little is known about the differences between standard-dose statins effects on glucose level and lipids in Japanese patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).Methods and Results:The 1,049 patients were randomly assigned to either the rosuvastatin group or atorvastatin group. There were no significant differences between the 2 groups in the effect on non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) and HbA1c at 12 months. However, physicians tended to switch to more intensive therapy for DM in the atorvastatin group.Conclusions:Rosuvastatin 5 mg and atorvastatin 10 mg have a similar lowering effect on non-HDL-C, but might be different in terms of adverse effect on glucose levels. (Circ J 2014; 78: 2512–2515)