Baseline Characteristics of Participants in STAREE: A Randomized Trial for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Events and Prolongation of Disability‐Free Survival in Older People

Baseline Characteristics of Participants in STAREE: A Randomized Trial for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Events and Prolongation of Disability‐Free Survival in Older People

Background The risk–benefit balance of statin use in healthy older people is uncertain. We describe the baseline characteristics of the STAREE (Statins in Reducing Events in the Elderly) trial, which is a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial among community‐dwelling older people; the t...

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Main Authors: Sophia Zoungas, Chris Moran, Andrea J. Curtis, Simone Spark, Zachary Flanagan, Lawrence Beilin, Trevor T.‐J. Chong, Geoffrey C. Cloud, Ingrid Hopper, Alissia Kost, John J. McNeil, Stephen J. Nicholls, Christopher M. Reid, Joanne Ryan, Andrew M. Tonkin, Stephanie Ward, Anthony S. Wierzbicki, Rory Wolfe, Zhen Zhou, Mark R. Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-11-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
primary prevention
randomized clinical trial
statins
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.036357

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