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2. Fewer people may need statins to prevent heart disease, new ...

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   Using PREVENT to calculate the 10-year risk for developing heart disease, the researchers determined that some 40% fewer people would have met the criteria for a statin prescription.

3. New Analysis Finds Millions of People on Statins May ... - AOL

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   A new analysis re-evaluates statins and who should use them. Statins are widely used to help lower cholesterol. ... we will frequently use a risk calculator to estimate someone’s 10-year risk of ...

4. QRISK - Wikipedia

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   QRISK3 (the most recent version of QRISK) is a prediction algorithm for cardiovascular disease (CVD) that uses traditional risk factors (age, systolic blood pressure, smoking status and ratio of total serum cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) together with body mass index, ethnicity, measures of deprivation, family history, chronic kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, atrial ...

5. 17 million US adults may no longer receive statin therapy for ...

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   To help us decide whether to start someone on a statin, we will frequently use a risk calculator to estimate someone’s 10-year risk of developing cardiovascular disease.” – Cheng-Han Chen, MD

6. Statin - Wikipedia

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   In observational studies 10–15% of people who take statins experience muscle problems; in most cases these consist of muscle pain. [6] These rates, which are much higher than those seen in randomized clinical trials [74] have been the topic of extensive debate and discussion. [34] [86]

7. Older adults over age 70 should consider taking statins ...

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   Overall, our findings suggest that more people over 70 years of age should be considered for statin treatment.” — Borislava Mihaylova, DPhil “Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause ...