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Lifetime effects and cost-effectiveness of statin therapy for older people in the United Kingdom: a modelling study
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Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk increases with age. Statins reduce cardiovascular risk but their effects are less certain at older ages. We assessed the long-term effects and costeffectiveness of statin therapy for older people in the contemporary UK population using a recent meta-analysis of randomised evidence of statin effects in older people and a new validated CVD model.
Methods: The performance of the CVD micro-simulation mo...
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- Publication status:
- Accepted
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Journal:
- Heart More from this journal
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-07-23
- EISSN:
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1468-201X
- ISSN:
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1355-6037
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English
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- Pubs id:
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2017977
- Local pid:
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pubs:2017977
- Deposit date:
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2024-07-23
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For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any
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