Statins use is associated with increased HbA1c levels in patients with high blood pressure

This study was published in Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome 2014 Apr 23;6:53

Study title and authors:
Statins use is associated with poorer glycaemic control in a cohort of hypertensive patients with diabetes and without diabetes.

Liew SM, Lee PY, Hanafi NS, Ng CJ, Wong SS, Chia YC, Lai PS, Zaidi NF, Khoo EM
Department of Primary Care Medicine, University of Malaya Primary Care Research Group (UMPCRG), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24782916

This study sought to determine the association between the use of statins and glycaemic control in patients with high blood pressure. The study included 1,060 patients.

The study found:
(a) Analysis of the whole group found that statin users had 29% higher HbA1c levels than statin non users.
(b) Analysis of those with diabetes found that statin users had 20.8% higher HbA1c levels than statin non users.

Liew concluded: "Statins use is associated with increased HbA1c levels among hypertensive patients and hypertensive patients with diabetes".