Statin prescribing according to gender, age and indication: what about the benefit-risk balance?

Statins and Aspirin: Do They Really Work in Women?

(2015) Hemal Desai et al.   American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Muscle-related side-effects of statins

(2015) Beth A. Taylor et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN LIPIDOLOGY

Should we use statins in all patients with chronic kidney disease without dialysis therapy? The current state of knowledge

(2015) Jacek Rysz et al.   INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY

Unpacking the process of interpretation in evidence-based decision making

(2015) Eivind Engebretsen et al.   JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Sex, statins, and statistics

(2015) Lori Mosca   LANCET

Efficacy and safety of LDL-lowering therapy among men and women: meta-analysis of individual data from 174 000 participants in 27 randomised trials

(2015)   LANCET

Statin therapy and related risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus

(2014) Massimiliano Ruscica et al.   European Journal of Internal Medicine

Prescribing Statins for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in the Old: An Absence of Evidence and an Absence of Guidelines

(2014) Samer Noaman et al.   Heart Lung and Circulation

Misinterpretation of trial evidence on statin adverse effects may harm patients

(2014) Beatrice A Golomb   European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Muscle- and skeletal-related side-effects of statins: tip of the iceberg?

(2014) Johann Auer et al.   European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Further Insight Into the Cardiovascular Risk Calculator

(2014) Nancy R. Cook et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Effect of Statin Drugs on Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

(2013) Louis H. Stein et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Taking up physical activity in later life and healthy ageing: the English longitudinal study of ageing

(2013) Mark Hamer et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Effect of menopause on cardiovascular disease and its risk factors: a 9-year follow-up study

(2013) F. Ramezani Tehrani et al.   CLIMACTERIC

More Than a Billion People Taking Statins?

(2013) John P. A. Ioannidis   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Predictors of statin adherence, switching, and discontinuation in the USAGE survey: Understanding the use of statins in America and gaps in patient education

(2013) Melissa Y. Wei et al.   Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Simvastatin Effects on Skeletal Muscle

(2013) Steen Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Benefits of Statins in Elderly Subjects Without Established Cardiovascular Disease

(2013) Gianluigi Savarese et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

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

(2013)   LANCET

Statins: new American guidelines for prevention of cardiovascular disease

(2013) Paul M Ridker et al.   LANCET

Statin Therapy and Outcome After Ischemic Stroke

(2013) Danielle Ní Chróinín et al.   STROKE

Appropriateness of Statins in Patients Aged ≥80 Years and Comparison to Other Age Groups

(2012) Neel P. Chokshi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Statin Use and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative

(2012) Annie L. Culver   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Effects of Statins on Energy and Fatigue With Exertion: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial

(2012) Beatrice A. Golomb et al.   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Is the high-risk strategy to prevent cardiovascular disease equitable? A pharmacoepidemiological cohort study

(2012) Helle Wallach-Kildemoes et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (version 2012): The Fifth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted by representatives of nine societies and by invited experts) * Developed with the special contribution of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation (EACPR)

(2012) et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Statin use among older Finns stratified according to cardiovascular risk

(2012) Eveliina Upmeier et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Statin utilization according to indication and age: A Danish cohort study on changing prescribing and purchasing behaviour

(2012) Helle Wallach Kildemoes et al.   HEALTH POLICY

Meta-Analysis of Statin Effects in Women Versus Men

(2012) William J. Kostis et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Statins for all by the age of 50 years?

(2012) Shah Ebrahim et al.   LANCET

Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women?

(2012) Stanley J. Birge   MENOPAUSE-THE JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY

Statin dilemma in the management of chronic heart failure

(2011) Turgay Celik et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Is the use of cholesterol in mortality risk algorithms in clinical guidelines valid? Ten years prospective data from the Norwegian HUNT 2 study

(2011) Halfdan Petursson et al.   JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Drug utilization according to reason for prescribing: a pharmacoepidemiologic method based on an indication hierarchy

(2011) Helle Wallach Kildemoes et al.   PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY

The Danish National Prescription Registry

(2011) Helle Wallach Kildemoes et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

The Danish National Patient Register

(2011) Elsebeth Lynge et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Introduction to Danish (nationwide) registers on health and social issues: Structure, access, legislation, and archiving

(2011) Lau Caspar Thygesen et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Lipid-lowering treatment to the end? A review of observational studies and RCTs on cholesterol and mortality in 80+-year olds

(2010) L. K. Petersen et al.   AGE AND AGEING

Statins and All-Cause Mortality in High-Risk Primary Prevention

(2010) Kausik K. Ray   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Statins for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Women With Elevated High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein or Dyslipidemia

(2010) Samia Mora et al.   CIRCULATION

Statins in the Treatment of Heart Failure

(2010) Pim van der Harst et al.   Circulation-Heart Failure

Statin prescription in men and women at cardiovascular risk: to whom and when?

(2010) Jasper J Brugts et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CARDIOLOGY

Statin use and lipid levels in older adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001 to 2006

(2010) Jennifer G. Robinson et al.   Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Statin-Associated Muscle-Related Adverse Effects: A Case Series of 354 Patients

(2010) Stephanie Cham et al.   PHARMACOTHERAPY

Serum total cholesterol levels and all-cause mortality in a home-dwelling elderly population: a six-year follow-up

(2010) Päivi Tuikkala et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Dyslipidemia as a Risk Factor for Ischemic Stroke

(2009) Konstantinos Tziomalos et al.   CURRENT TOPICS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Can individuals with a significant risk for cardiovascular disease be adequately identified by combination of several risk factors? Modelling study based on the Norwegian HUNT 2 population

(2009) Halfdan Petursson et al.   JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Driving forces behind increasing cardiovascular drug utilization: a dynamic pharmacoepidemiological model

(2008) Helle Wallach Kildemoes et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Statin discontinuation: an underestimated risk?

(2008) Konstantinos Tziomalos et al.   CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION

Impact of gender in primary prevention of coronary heart disease with statin therapy: A meta-analysis

(2008) Mario Petretta et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Gender Differences in Utilization of Effective Cardiovascular Secondary Prevention: A Cleveland Clinic Prevention Database Study

(2008) Leslie Cho et al.   JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH