NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 26 – In older individuals who are advised to use medication to lower cholesterol, the use of statins is associated with a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality, according to new data from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS).
Dr. Rozenn N. Lemaitre from the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues collected data on 1914 women and men, 65 years of age or older, who participated in the CHS. At baseline, these patients were free from cardiovascular disease, according to the report in the June 24th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. The patients were receiving drugs to lower cholesterol (251 subjects) or no therapy (1663 subjects). Among the untreated patients, 717 were prescribed drug therapy and 946 were prescribed diet therapy.
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