Importance A 2016 review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) found use
of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) was associated with …

Importance Cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in
the United States, may be potentially preventable with statin therapy. Objective To …

Background Drug combinations rather than increasing doses of one drug can achieve
greater efficacy and lower risks. Thus, as an alternative to high-intensity statin monotherapy …

Importance Prescription and over-the-counter medicines and dietary supplements are
commonly used, alone and together, among older adults. However, the effect of recent …

Background HIV-infected patients have a high risk of myocardial infarction. We aimed to
assess the ability of statin treatment to reduce arterial inflammation and achieve regression …

Abstract Treatment with statins has transformed primary and secondary prevention of
cardiovascular disease (CVD), including thrombotic stroke. Evidence-based data …

Aims This study evaluated the effect of moderate-intensity statin with ezetimibe combination
therapy vs. high-intensity statin monotherapy among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) …

OBJECTIVE To identify risk factors for the development of statin-associated diabetes mellitus
(DM). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The study was conducted in two phases …

Network meta-analysis is increasingly used to allow comparison of multiple treatment
alternatives simultaneously, some of which may not have been compared directly in primary …

Statins reduce cardiovascular mortality and morbidity as well as cardiovascular events in
patients with a very high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and also in subjects with high …