Does Lowering Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol With Statin Restore Low Risk in Middle‐Aged Adults? Analysis of the Observational MESA Study

Does Lowering Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol With Statin Restore Low Risk in Middle‐Aged Adults? Analysis of the Observational MESA Study

Background It is unclear if statin therapy in midlife can restore low cardiovascular risk in hypercholesterolemic individuals. Methods and Results At baseline, we grouped 5687 MESA (Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) participants aged ≥50 years without clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) by Ad...

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Main Authors: Kiang Liu, John T. Wilkins, Laura A. Colangelo, Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
cardiovascular disease
cholesterol
coronary artery calcium
restore low risk
statin
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.019695

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