Statins × blood pressure

ArticleHypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979)2014

The growing gap in hypertension control between insured and uninsured adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988 to 2010.

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What moved togetherboth groups pooled, not the treatment’s effect

Correlation, not cause

Went with higher blood pressure

3.4×2.4× to 4.8×

Bigger than 9 in 10 on the map

As reported

OR 3.4, 95% CI 2.40–4.80

One number in the abstract

the abstract, start to end

with visit frequency (odds ratio, 3.4 [95% confidence interval,

← favours treatmentfavours comparator →
could be chance
Blood pressure
OR 3.42.40–4.80
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