4. Summary results – evolocumab compared with alternative lipid‐lowering treatments.
Outcome | Number of studies | Intervention | Comparison | Fixed‐effect OR (95% CI) | Fixed‐effect RD (95% CI) | ||
Events | Available participants | Events | Available participants | ||||
Any CVD | 1 | 4 | 145 | 3 | 73 | 0.66 (0.14 to 3.04) | –0.01 (–0.07 to 0.04) |
All‐cause mortality | 3 | 6 | 3481 | 7 | 1742 | 0.43 (0.14 to 1.30) | –0.00 (–0.01 to 0.01) |
Any MI | 3 | 9 | 3335 | 8 | 1668 | 0.66 (0.23 to 1.85) | –0.00 (–0.00 to 0.00) |
Any stroke | 2 | 0 | 2599 | 0 | 1300 | NA | NA |
Influenza | 3 | 130 | 3481 | 53 | 1742 | 1.22 (0.88 to 1.70) | 0.01 (–0.00 to 0.02) |
Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 2 | 3 | 3336 | 0 | 1669 | 3.52 (0.18 to 68.33) | 0.001 (–0.001 to 0.002) |
Any cancer | — | — | — | — | — | NA | NA |
Hypertension | 2 | 1 | 3336 | 0 | 1669 | 1.51 (0.06 to 37.04) | 0.00 (–0.00 to 0.01) |
CI: confidence interval; CVD: cardiovascular disease; MI: myocardial infarction; NA: not available; OR: odds ratio; RD: risk difference.