The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy in people at low risk of vascular disease:meta-analysis of individual data from 27 randomised trials

Mihaylova, B, Emberson, J, Blackwell, L, Keech, A, Simes, J, Barnes, E H, Voysey, M, Gray, A, Collins, R and Baigent, C and Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (CTT) Collaborators (2012) The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy in people at low risk of vascular disease:meta-analysis of individual data from 27 randomised trials. Lancet, 380 (9841). pp. 581-590. ISSN 1474-547X

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Abstract

Statins reduce LDL cholesterol and prevent vascular events, but their net effects in people at low risk of vascular events remain uncertain.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	randomized controlled trials as topic,humans,vascular diseases,treatment outcome,practice guidelines as topic,cholesterol, ldl,hydroxymethylglutaryl-coa reductase inhibitors,risk assessment
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2013 13:58
Last Modified:	04 Nov 2025 20:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44367
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60367-5

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