Statins × all-cause mortality

SynthesisBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2009

The benefits of statins in people without established cardiovascular disease but with cardiovascular risk factors: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

J J Brugts et al.PubMed ↗Full text ↗Publisher ↗

What the trial testedas reported · 388 people · 2009

Not counted

Probably reduced deaths

−12%−19% to −4%

Bigger than 4 in 10 for all-cause mortality

As reported

OR 0.88, 95% CI 0.81–0.96 · the paper's word: All-cause mortality

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risk of all cause mortality (odds ratio 0.88, 95% confidence interval 0.81

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could be chance
All-cause mortality
OR 0.880.81–0.96
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