Statin therapy and mortality in HIV-infected individuals; a Danish nationwide population-based cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Recent studies have suggested that statins possess diverse immune modulatory and anti-inflammatory properties. As statins might attenuate inflammation, statin therapy has been hypothesized to reduce mortality in HIV-infected individuals. We therefore used a Danish nati...

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Main Authors: Line D Rasmussen, Gitte Kronborg, Carsten S Larsen, Court Pedersen, Jan Gerstoft, Niels Obel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23469159/?tool=EBI