Statins and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: Cohort study using the UK clinical practice pesearch datalink

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Macedo, Ana F ^a,b   Douglas, Ian ^a   Smeeth, Liam ^a   Forbes, Harriet ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Observational; Safety; Statins; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; EZETIMIBE; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DATA MINING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FACTUAL DATABASE; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DATA MINING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904086869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-85     Document Type: Article

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