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Article: Study Supports Wider Use of Statins; Data shows reduction in heart attacks, strokes among those without established heart disease.
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- Consumer Health News (English)
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- June 30, 2009
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Byline: Ed Edelson, HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- An analysis of studies supports a growing belief that guidelines for prescribing cholesterol-lowering statin drugs should be expanded to include healthy people without established heart disease, cardiologists say.
The meta-analysis of 10 trials involving more than 70,000 participants found that statin therapy reduced overall mortality by 12 percent, major coronary events by 30 percent and strokes by 19 percent.
It supports the findings of the JUPITER trial, reported last year, which noted 54 percent fewer heart attacks and 48 percent fewer strokes among people taking a ...