A comparative study on the effects of niacin plus atorvastatin with that of fenofibrate plus atorvastatin in dyslipidemia

The study was designed to evaluate and compare the effects of co-administration of atorvastatin (10 mg) either with niacin (1 g) or fenofibrate (200 mg) daily for 12 weeks in 67 coronary heart disease patients with dyslipidemia. There were no significant differences among the two groups (35 patients in Group I and 32 patients in Group II) in serum lipid profile except in level of triglyceride reduction where fenofibrate-atorvastatin combination yielded significant (p