Open AccessStatin Use Is Associated With Incident Diabetes Mellitus Among Patients in the HIV Outpatient Study
Author(s) -
Kenneth A. Lichtenstein,
Rachel Hart,
Kathy Wood,
Samuel A. Bozzette,
Kate Buchacz,
John T. Brooks
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000000581
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , body mass index , population , statin , diabetes mellitus , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , endocrinology , environmental health
Statin therapy is effective in the prevention of cardiovascular disease in the general population but has been shown to modestly increase the risk for incident diabetes mellitus (DM).