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Evidence for statins in people over 70 Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 130 reviews the evidence for statins in people aged seventy and older. Conclusions: Statins have not been proven to increase survival in the combined primary and secondary prevention population of people over 70. Statins have not been proven to reduce serious cardiovascular events in primary prevention in people over 70. Statins reduce serious cardiovascular events for secondary prevention in people over 70, but the relative and absolute benefit is less than in younger people. More evidence should be available within 4-7 years.

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Evidence for statins in people over 70
Alternate Title
Therapeutics Letter 130
Creator
Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2021-04
Description
Therapeutics Letter 130 reviews the evidence for statins in people aged seventy and older. Conclusions: Statins have not been proven to increase survival in the combined primary and secondary prevention population of people over 70. Statins have not been proven to reduce serious cardiovascular events in primary prevention in people over 70. Statins reduce serious cardiovascular events for secondary prevention in people over 70, but the relative and absolute benefit is less than in younger people. More evidence should be available within 4-7 years.
Subject
Aged; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; Myocardial Infarction; Secondary Prevention; Stroke
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available
2023-06-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433709
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85119
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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