Open AccessStatins for primary prevention among elderly men and women
Author(s) -
Maria Bergami,
Edina Cenko,
Jinsung Yoon,
Guiomar Mendieta,
Saško Kedev,
Marija Zdravković,
Zorana Vasiljević,
Davor Miličić,
Olivia Manfrini,
Mihaela van der Schaar,
Chris P Gale,
Lina Badimón,
Raffaele Bugiardini
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cardiovascular research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.774
H-Index - 219
eISSN - 1755-3245
pISSN - 0008-6363
DOI - 10.1093/cvr/cvab348
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , absolute risk reduction , statin , relative risk , cohort , confidence interval
We undertook a propensity match-weighted cohort study to investigate whether statin treatment recommendations for statins translate into improved cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in the current routine clinical care of the elderly.