Lower intensified target LDL-c level of statin therapy results in a higher risk of incident diabetes: a meta-analysis.
A recent meta-analysis has reported that intensive-dose statin drug increases the risk of incident diabetes. However, doubling of the statin dose generates only a further 6% decrease in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) on average. This study aimed to determine whether statin therapy with...
Main Authors: | Rongrong Cai, Yang Yuan, Yi Zhou, Wenqing Xia, Pin Wang, Haixia Sun, Yue Yang, Rong Huang, Shaohua Wang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4133238?pdf=render |
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