Net benefit of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people 75 years or older: a benefit–harm balance modeling study
Background: We determined the risk thresholds above which statin use would be more likely to provide a net benefit for people over the age of 75 years without history of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Methods: An exponential model was used to estimate the differences in expected benefit and harms in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2040622319877745 |