Red yeast rice and heart
What 2 graded rows on red yeast rice agree on for heart, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
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Red yeast rice and heart
2 rows · 13,403 peopleThey agree: both rows found an improvement.
- BGrade B× 1
- CGrade C× 1
- Rows
- 2
- Trials
- 8
- People
- 13,403
- Pooled reviews may count some twice
What the rows share
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade B, is a meta-analysis of 10,699 people (2020) and found an improvement.
The rows run from 2,704 to 10,699 people, published from 2010 to 2020: 1 pooled review and 1 single study.
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2 improved- BGrade BHeart attacks and coronary events after a heart attack · Improved
Meta-analysis, 7 studies · n 10,699 · 2020 · Patients in China with a previous heart attack and borderline high cholesterol (7 studies)
1,200 mg/day · 4 weeks to 4.5 years
Nonfatal heart attack RR 0.42 (95% CI 0.34–0.52), revascularisation RR 0.58 (0.48–0.71) and sudden death RR 0.71 (0.53–0.94) versus placebo; fatal heart attack did not differ significantly (RR 0.78, 0.55–1.10). LDL −20.70 mg/dL.
Row on the Red yeast rice page · PubMed 32066811 (opens PubMed)
- CGrade CCoronary events after heart attack (hypertensive subgroup) · Improved
RCT · n 2,704 · 2010 · Chinese adults with hypertension and previous heart attack (CCSPS subgroup)
0.6 g twice daily · Mean 4.5 years
Coronary events 43% lower, coronary deaths 30% lower and all-cause mortality 35.8% lower than placebo.
Row on the Red yeast rice page · PubMed 20350253 (opens PubMed)