Statins × cardiovascular events

TrialArchives of internal medicine

Reduced coronary events in simvastatin-treated patients with coronary heart disease and diabetes or impaired fasting glucose levels: subgroup analyses in the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study.

S M Haffner et al.PubMed ↗Publisher ↗

What the trial testedas reported · 4,398 people

No range given

Reported lower cardiovascular events, no range given

−42%

Bigger than 8 in 10 for cardiovascular events

As reported

RR 0.58, no interval

No range given

Reported lower cardiovascular events, no range given

−48%

Bigger than 9 in 10 for cardiovascular events

As reported

RR 0.52, no interval

No range given

Reported lower cardiovascular events, no range given

−38%

Bigger than 8 in 10 for cardiovascular events

As reported

RR 0.62, no interval

No range given

Reported lower cardiovascular events, no range given

−43%

Bigger than 9 in 10 for cardiovascular events

As reported

RR 0.57, no interval

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Five numbers in the abstract

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coronary events (relative risk [RR] = 0.58; P = .001) and revascularizations (RR = 0.52; P = .005).

number of major coronary events (RR = 0.62; P = .003), revascularizations (RR = 0.57; P = .009), and total (RR = 0.57; P = .02) and coronary (RR = 0.45; P = .007) mortality.

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Cardiovascular events
RR 0.58
Cardiovascular events
RR 0.52
Cardiovascular events
RR 0.62
Cardiovascular events
RR 0.57
Cardiovascular events
RR 0.45
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