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. 2018 Mar 6;2018(3):CD012282. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012282.pub2

Ghods 1995.

Methods 4‐week dietary washout period
12‐week before and after trial
Participants 10 men and women with nephrotic syndrome and hypercholesterolaemia
TC > 240 mg/dL (6.21 mmol/L)
LDL‐C > 160 mg/dL (4.14 mmol/L)
exclusion criteria: liver disease, participants, 18 years, pregnancy potential
Fluvastatin 20 twice daily baseline TC : 9.982 mmol/L (386 mg/dL)
 Fluvastatin 20 twice daily baseline LDL‐C : 6.025 mmol/L (233 mg/dL)
 Fluvastatin 20 twice daily baseline HDL‐C : 1.32 mmol/L (51 mg/dL)
Fluvastatin 20 twice daily baseline triglycerides: 5.837 mmol/L (517 mg/dL)
Interventions Fluvastatin 20 twice daily
Outcomes per cent change from baseline at 4‐12 weeks of serum TC, LDL‐C, HDL‐C, and triglycerides
Source of Funding unknown
Notes SDs were imputed by the method of Furukawa 2006
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk Controlled before and after design
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk Controlled before and after design
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Lipid parameter measurements unlikely influenced by lack of blinding
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 LDL‐cholesterol Low risk Lipid parameters were measured in a remote laboratory
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 WDAEs High risk No comparison possible
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk All participants were included in the efficacy analysis
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk LDL‐C outcome was reported
Other bias Unclear risk Source of funding not reported