TY  - JOUR
Y1  - 2012/08/30/
AV  - public
VL  - 12
TI  - The comparative effectiveness of statin therapy in selected chronic diseases compared with the remaining population
N1  - © 2012 Sheng et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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PMCID: PMC3490740
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-712
SN  - 1471-2458
N2  - Total cholesterol (TC) concentration is the most commonly used measure of statin efficacy in the UK. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of statins in lowering TC, cardiovascular events (CV) and mortality five common chronic diseases (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), osteoarthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and diabetes mellitus (DM)) and to compare effectiveness with the rest of the population not recorded as having these diseases.
ID  - discovery1387173
A1  - Sheng, X
A1  - Murphy, MJ
A1  - MacDonald, TM
A1  - Wei, L
KW  - Aged
KW  -  Aged
KW  -  80 and over
KW  -  Arthritis
KW  -  Rheumatoid
KW  -  Cardiovascular Diseases
KW  -  Chronic Disease
KW  -  Cohort Studies
KW  -  Comparative Effectiveness Research
KW  -  Female
KW  -  Great Britain
KW  -  Humans
KW  -  Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
KW  -  Hypercholesterolemia
KW  -  Male
KW  -  Middle Aged
KW  -  Osteoarthritis
KW  -  Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
KW  -  Proportional Hazards Models
KW  -  Pulmonary Disease
KW  -  Chronic Obstructive
KW  -  Renal Insufficiency
KW  -  Chronic
JF  - BMC Public Health
ER  -