NEW STATIN USE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOWER RISK OF INCIDENT FRAILTY IN US VETERANS 65 YEARS AND OLDER

Therapeutic Area: CVD Prevention – Primary and Secondary Background: Frailty is a syndrome of decreased physiologic reserve that is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), yet no pharmacotherapeutics are available to treat or prevent frailty. Moreover, frailty and...

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Main Authors: Saadia Qazi, DO, MPH, Michel Farah, MD, Brian Charest, MS, MPH, Jane A. Driver, MD, MPH, J. Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH, Peter W.F. Wilson, MD, Kelly Cho, PhD, Luc Djousse, MD, ScD, David R Gagnon, MD PhD, Ariela R. Orkaby, MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666667723000818