Abstract
Statins can lower LDL cholesterol concentration by an average of 1.8 mmol/l which reduces the risk of IHD events by about 60% and stroke by 17%.
Keywords
RosuvastatinPravastatinMedicineAtorvastatinSimvastatinInternal medicineFluvastatinStatinCholesterolLovastatinPlaceboStroke (engine)PitavastatinRosuvastatin CalciumEndocrinology
MeSH Terms
CholesterolLDLCohort StudiesDouble-Blind MethodHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsMyocardial IschemiaRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk FactorsStroke
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- Year
- 2003
- Type
- review
- Volume
- 326
- Issue
- 7404
- Pages
- 1423-0
- Citations
- 1717
- Access
- Closed
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M R Law
(2003).
Quantifying effect of statins on low density lipoprotein cholesterol, ischaemic heart disease, and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMJ
, 326
(7404)
, 1423-0.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.326.7404.1423
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1136/bmj.326.7404.1423
- PMID
- 12829554
- PMCID
- PMC162260