In benign prostatic hyperplasia, total cholesterol increased by 10.6% during leuprolide treatment (p = 0.003).
In plain wordsIn benign prostatic hyperplasia, total cholesterol increased by 10.6% from baseline during leuprolide treatment.
- Peptide
- Leuprolide
- Outcome
- IncreaseTotal cholesterol
- Study
n = 26
- Comparator
- Baseline
- Outcome group
- Lipids · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- Total cholesterol increase
- 10.6%
- leuprolide group
Source sentences
In the 26 patients receiving leuprolide the mean total cholesterol level increased by 10.6%, high density lipoprotein cholesterol by 8.2% and triglycerides by 26.9% (p = 0.003, 0.052 and 0.050, respectively).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The impact of chronic administration of the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist leuprolide depot on cardiovascular risk factors was investigated in a controlled double-blind study comprising 50 evaluable patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia.