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Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular events and mortality in old and very old adults wit...

Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular events and mortality in old and very old adults wit...

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Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular events and mortality in old and very old adults with and without type 2 diabetes: retrospective cohort study

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Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular events and mortality in old and very old adults with and without type 2 diabetes: retrospective cohort study

Publisher

England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD

Journal title

BMJ (Online), 2018-09, Vol.362, p.k3359-k3359

Language

English

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England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD

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Contents

AbstractObjectiveTo assess whether statin treatment is associated with a reduction in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality in old and very old adults with and without diabetes.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingDatabase of the Catalan primary care system (SIDIAP), Spain, 2006-15.Participants46 864 people aged 75 years or...

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Full title

Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular events and mortality in old and very old adults with and without type 2 diabetes: retrospective cohort study

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6123838

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6123838

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ISSN

0959-8138

E-ISSN

1756-1833

DOI

10.1136/bmj.k3359

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