A prospective stratified case-cohort study on statins and multiple adverse events in Japan.

A prospective stratified case-cohort study on statins and multiple adverse events in Japan.

PURPOSE: To assess the association between statins and diverse adverse events in Japanese population. METHODS: New users of statin who started statin after 6-month period of non-use were identified in 68 hospitals between January 2008 and July 2010. In addition to the random sample subcohort, we sel...

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Main Authors: Nobuhiro Ooba, Tsugumichi Sato, Akira Wakana, Takao Orii, Masaki Kitamura, Akira Kokan, Hideaki Kurata, Yoshihiro Shimodozono, Kenichi Matsui, Hiroshi Yoshida, Takuhiro Yamaguchi, Shigeru Kageyama, Kiyoshi Kubota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4014577?pdf=render

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