Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 2 findings · 1 reviews · Heart

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Fatal or nonfatal stroke · People with previous clinical manifestations of cardiovascular disease, transient ischaemic attack, or stroke

Fibrates showed no clear difference in stroke (ischaemic or haemorrhagic, non‐fatal or fatal) during the… compared with control (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Fibrates for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and stroke 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.94 [0.78, 1.14]
3 studies · 7189 participants
Low
Fibrates for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and stroke 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.03 [0.91, 1.16]
6 studies · 11719 participants
Low