Seven numbers in the abstract
Where each one falls
Where it lands on the map
What it changes
Among 8 other studies
the abstract, start to end
… with statins alone (risk ratio (RR) 0.94, 95% confidence interval (CI) …
… little or no effect on this outcome (RR 0.98, 95% CI 0.91 to 1.05; 21,222 …
… non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) (RR 0.88, 95% CI 0.81 to 0.95; a decrease from 105/1000 to 92/1000, 95% CI 85 to 100; 21,145 participants; 6 studies; moderate-quality evidence) and non-fatal stroke (RR 0.83, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.97; a …
… little or no effect on this outcome (RR 1.00, 95% CI 0.89 to 1.12; 19457 …
… by adding ezetimibe to statin (RR 0.94, 95% CI 0.89 to 0.99; a decrease from 196/1000 to 184/1000, 95% 175 to 194; 21,323 participants; 7 studies); however, no difference in coronary revascularisation rate was observed when a sensitivity analysis was limited to studies with a low risk of bias.In terms of safety, adding ezetimibe to statins may make little or no difference in the risk of hepatopathy (RR 1.14, 95% CI 0.96 to 1.35; 20,687 …
Other lipid agents × cardiovascular eventshelps?settled
Statins × cardiovascular eventshelps?replicated
Other lipid agents × all-cause mortalityhelps?one trial