Quantifying the contribution of statins to the decline in population mean cholesterol by socioeconomic group in England 1991 - 2012: a modelling study.

BACKGROUND:Serum total cholesterol is one of the major targets for cardiovascular disease prevention. Statins are effective for cholesterol control in individual patients. At the population level, however, their contribution to total cholesterol decline remains unclear. The aim of this study was to...

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Main Authors: Chris Kypridemos, Piotr Bandosz, Graeme L Hickey, Maria Guzman-Castillo, Kirk Allen, Iain Buchan, Simon Capewell, Martin O'Flaherty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4391910?pdf=render