American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 810-819, November 2009

Effects of Atorvastatin on Kidney Outcomes and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Diabetes: An Analysis From the Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study (CARDS)

  • Helen M. Colhoun, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Helen M. Colhoun, MD, Biomedical Research Institute, University of Dundee, Mackenzie Bldg, Kirsty Semple Way, Dundee, DD2 4BF Scotland, UK
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  • D. John Betteridge, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University College London Hospital, London, UK
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  • Paul N. Durrington, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Group, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, Core Technology Facility, University of Manchester, UK
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  • Graham A. Hitman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
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  • H. Andrew W. Neil, DSc

      Affiliations

    • University of Oxford, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Oxford, UK
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  • Shona J. Livingstone, MSc

      Affiliations

    • University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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  • Valentine Charlton-Menys, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Group, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, Core Technology Facility, University of Manchester, UK
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  • David A. DeMicco, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Pfizer, New York, NY
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  • John H. Fuller, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • EURODIAB, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University of London Medical School, London, UK
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  • CARDS Investigators

Received 5 December 2008; accepted 27 March 2009. published online 22 June 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.03.022 on June 22, 2009.

 A list of the CARDS Investigators appears at the end of this article.

 Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov; study number: NCT00327418.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00711-2

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.03.022

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 810-819, November 2009