Effectiveness of statins on total cholesterol and cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-40

  Sheng, Xia ^a   Murphy, Michael J ^a   MacDonald, Thomas M ^a   Wei, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Statins; Total cholesterol concentration

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 84855401241     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110318     Document Type: Article

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