Benefits of statins in elderly subjects without established cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis.

Savarese, Gianluigi; Gotto, Antonio M; Paolillo, Stefania; D'Amore, Carmen; Losco, Teresa; Musella, Francesca; Scala, Oriana; Marciano, Caterina; Ruggiero, Donatella; Marsico, Fabio; De Luca, Giuseppe; Trimarco, Bruno; Perrone-Filardi, Pasquale

Savarese, Gianluigi; Gotto, Antonio M; Paolillo, Stefania; D'Amore, Carmen; Losco, Teresa; Musella, Francesca; Scala, Oriana; Marciano, Caterina; Ruggiero, Donatella; Marsico, Fabio; De Luca, Giuseppe; Trimarco, Bruno; Perrone-Filardi, Pasquale.

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Savarese G; Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.

J Am Coll Cardiol ; 62(22): 2090-9, 2013 Dec 03.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23954343

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Cardiovascular Diseases/mortality; Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/therapeutic use; Aged; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Female; Humans; Intention to Treat Analysis; Lipids/blood; Male; Myocardial Infarction/mortality; Myocardial Infarction/prevention & control; Stroke/mortality; Stroke/prevention & control; Treatment Outcome

Key words

CI; CV; LDL; MI; RR; cardiovascular; cardiovascular risk; confidence interval; elderly; low-density lipoprotein; myocardial infarction; primary prevention; relative risk; statins

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cardiovascular Diseases / Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Type of study: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Systematic_reviews Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol Year: 2013 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Italy Country of publication: United States

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