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Efficacy and safety of lowering LDL cholesterol in older patients: a systematic review and meta-anal...

Efficacy and safety of lowering LDL cholesterol in older patients: a systematic review and meta-anal...

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Efficacy and safety of lowering LDL cholesterol in older patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

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Full title

Efficacy and safety of lowering LDL cholesterol in older patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Publisher

England: Elsevier Ltd

Journal title

The Lancet (British edition), 2020-11, Vol.396 (10263), p.1637-1643

Language

English

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Publisher

England: Elsevier Ltd

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Scope and Contents

Contents

The clinical benefit of LDL cholesterol lowering treatment in older patients remains debated. We aimed to summarise the evidence of LDL cholesterol lowering therapies in older patients.
In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched MEDLINE and Embase for articles published between March 1, 2015, and Aug 14, 2020, without any language...

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Full title

Efficacy and safety of lowering LDL cholesterol in older patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_8015314

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_8015314

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ISSN

0140-6736

E-ISSN

1474-547X

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32332-1

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