The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 10 , Pages 962.e1-962.e8, October 2009

Effect of Fibrates on Lipid Profiles and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review

  • Samuel Abourbih

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec
    • Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
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  • Kristian B. Filion, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec
    • Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec
    • ,
  • Lawrence Joseph, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec
    • ,
  • Ernesto L. Schiffrin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec
    • ,
  • Stephane Rinfret, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche de l'Hopital Laval, Quebec, Quebec
    • ,
  • Paul Poirier, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie, Hôpital Laval, Sainte-Foy, Quebec
    • ,
  • Louise Pilote, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec
    • Division of Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec
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  • Jacques Genest, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec
    • ,
  • Mark J. Eisenberg, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec
    • Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
    • Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Mark J. Eisenberg, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, 3755 Côte Ste-Catherine Road, Suite A-118, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2

published online 20 August 2009.

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 Funding: This work is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP: 82918). Samuel Abourbih is supported by a McGill Faculty of Medicine Summer Research Bursary. Kristian Filion is supported, in part, by a bursary from the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ). Dr Joseph is a Scientist of the FRSQ. Dr Schiffrin holds a Canada Research Chair in Vascular and Hypertension Research. Drs Poirier and Rinfret are Junior Physician-Scientists of the FRSQ. Dr Pilote is a Physician-Scientist of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. Dr Genest holds the McGill University/Novartis Chair in Medicine. Dr Eisenberg is a Chercheur-National of the FRSQ.

 Conflict of Interest: Jacques Genest has been on an advisory board for Sanofi-Aventis for the past 3 years and has received honoraria from Sanofi-Aventis. He does not own stock in the company. No other authors have declared any conflicts of interest.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00490-2

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.03.030

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 10 , Pages 962.e1-962.e8, October 2009

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