The Effects of Statin Treatment on Serum Ferritin Levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Tannaz JamialahmadiMitra AbbasifardŽeljko ReinerManfredi RizzoAli H EidAmir Hossein Sahebkar

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)

Statin therapy decreases the circulating concentrations of ferritin, which might be beneficial for the prevention and/or progression of ASCVD. This effect might be explained by the anti-inflammatory effects and maybe some other pleiotropic effects of statins and not by their lipid-lowering effects.

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