Statins for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Elderly Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 649-661

  Teng, Monica ^a   Lin, Liang ^a   Zhao, Ying Jiao ^a   Khoo, Ai Leng ^a   Davis, Barry R ^b   Yong, Quek Wei ^c   Yeo, Tiong Cheng ^d   Lim, Boon Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CREATINE KINASE; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE;

EID: 84940450702     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-015-0290-9     Document Type: Review

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