This systematic review to support the 2022 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on statin use for prevention of cardiovascular
12 Although the rate of statin use among the elderly has risen in recent years,13 a substantial treatment gap remains. Elderly patients fail to receive indicated lipid-lowering medications as often as 80% of the time,14,15 and even fewer achieve serum cholesterol goals.16 This may be because...
(2011) Adherence to Statin Therapy in Elderly Patients After Hospitalization for Coronary Revascularization.Kulik, A; Shrank, WH; Levin, R; and Choudry, NK (2011) "Adherence to Statin Therapy in Elderly Patients after Hospitalization for Coronary Revascularization," American Journal of Cardiology 107...
Moreover, prematurely lowering the initiation threshold could trigger a “broken window” effect, increasing the use of other medications, such as anticoagulants, and placing additional strain on China’s healthcare system. Studies using Markov models often have certain limitations. Firstly, this study...
The association was significant in both genders aged 50–64 years, with aHRs of near 0.35, but not in the elderly. In addition, women aged 50–64 years who used statins also exhibited a lower risk of vertebral fracture (aHR = 0.70, 95 % CI = 0.50–0.99), but not men. In conclusion...
Conclusion: There has been an increase over time in both statin use and dose, but many patients with ischemic stroke continue to be under-treated. Clinical trials and policy inter- ventions to improve appropriate post-stroke statin use should focus on younger and older patients, patients with ...
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Some randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of statin use in coronary heart disease, [8, 9] report some levels of incidence of breast cancer, but most results were ambiguous because of inadequate power. Moreover, the results from observational studies published on the association between statin use ...
Statins for Primary Prevention in the Elderly JAMA Editorial July 7, 2020 Incorrect Information in Text and Table Heading JAMA Correction October 13, 2020 New Statin Use and Mortality in Older Veterans JAMA Comment & Response November 10, 2020 New Statin Use and Mortality in Older Veterans JAMA ...
Preinjury statin use is associated with improved in-hospital survival in elderly trauma patients. J Trauma. 2008;64(1):66-73. doi:10.1097/TA.0b013e31815b842aPubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 94. Schneider EB, Efron DT, MacKenzie EJ, Rivara FP, Nathens AB, Jurkovich GJ. Premorbid statin ...