Statins × all-cause mortality

SynthesisDiabetes & metabolism2021

Statins and clinical outcomes with COVID-19: Meta-analyses of observational studies.

André J ScheenPubMed ↗Full text ↗Publisher ↗

What the trial testedas reported · 2021

Range includes no effect

No clear effect on deaths

−3%−8% to +3%

Bigger than 1 in 10 for all-cause mortality

As reported

OR 0.97, 95% CI 0.92–1.03 · the paper's word: All-cause mortality

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the abstract, start to end

significant reduction in deaths (OR: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.92-1.03), although

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could be chance
All-cause mortality
OR 0.970.92–1.03
StatinsAll-cause mortality

Statins × all-cause mortalityhelps?mixed

unlikelylikely
0.50not counted
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