Net benefit of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people 75 years or older: a benefit-harm balance modeling study

• Main Authors: Henock G. Yebyo (Author), Hélène E. Aschmann (Author), Dominik Menges (Author), Cynthia M. Boyd (Author), Milo A. Puhan (Author)
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• 出版: SAGE Publishing, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: We determined the risk thresholds above which statin use would be more likely to provide a net benefit for people over the age of 75 years without history of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Methods: An exponential model was used to estimate the differences in expected benefit and harms in...