One Size May Not Fit All: Using Age- and Sex-Specific Risk Thresholds to Guide Statin Therapy

BACKGROUND: New American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) cholesterol guidelines emphasize 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) to identify adults eligible for statin therapy for primary prevention. Whether these CVD risk thresholds should be individualized by age a...

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Published in:J Am Coll Cardiol
Main Authors: Navar-Boggan, Ann Marie, Peterson, Eric D., D’Agostino, Ralph B., Pencina, Michael J., Sniderman, Allan D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7036292/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25743624
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2015.02.025
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