Statin Use in Patients With Hepatitis C-related Cirrhosis: True Benefit or Immortal Time Bias?

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¹ Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
² Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health and Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health and Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Ju-Young Shin et al. Gastroenterology. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;151(2):373.

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.11.055. Epub 2016 Jul 1.

¹ Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
² Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health and Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health and Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Tate JP, Mohanty A, Garcia-Tsao G. Tate JP, et al. Gastroenterology. 2016 Aug;151(2):374. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.06.047. Epub 2016 Jul 1. Gastroenterology. 2016. PMID: 27376519 No abstract available.

Statins Are Associated With a Decreased Risk of Decompensation and Death in Veterans With Hepatitis C-Related Compensated Cirrhosis.
Mohanty A, Tate JP, Garcia-Tsao G. Mohanty A, et al. Gastroenterology. 2016 Feb;150(2):430-40.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.10.007. Epub 2015 Oct 17. Gastroenterology. 2016. PMID: 26484707 Free PMC article.