Primary Prevention With Statin Therapy in the Elderly: New Meta-Analyses From the Contemporary JUPITER and HOPE-3 Randomized Trials

Affiliations

¹ From Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (P.M.R., N.P.P., R.G.); and the Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (E.L., S.Y.). pridker@partners.org.
² From Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (P.M.R., N.P.P., R.G.); and the Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (E.L., S.Y.).

Meta-Analysis

Paul M Ridker et al. Circulation. 2017.

. 2017 May 16;135(20):1979-1981.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028271. Epub 2017 Apr 6.

¹ From Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (P.M.R., N.P.P., R.G.); and the Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (E.L., S.Y.). pridker@partners.org.
² From Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (P.M.R., N.P.P., R.G.); and the Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (E.L., S.Y.).

No abstract available

Keywords: aged; anticholesteremic agents; clinical trial [publication type].

Comment in

Letter by Vos et al Regarding Article, "Primary Prevention With Statin Therapy in the Elderly: New Meta-Analyses From the Contemporary JUPITER and HOPE-3 Randomized Trials".
Vos E, Biron P, Rose CP. Vos E, et al. Circulation. 2017 Oct 10;136(15):1454-1455. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.029008. Circulation. 2017. PMID: 28993376 No abstract available.
Letter by Kleipool et al Regarding Article, "Primary Prevention With Statin Therapy in the Elderly: New Meta-Analyses From the Contemporary JUPITER and HOPE-3 Randomized Trials".
Kleipool EEF, Peters MJL, Muller M. Kleipool EEF, et al. Circulation. 2017 Oct 10;136(15):1456-1457. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.029580. Circulation. 2017. PMID: 28993377 No abstract available.