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Editorial
. 2024 Feb;72(2):332-336.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.18764. Epub 2024 Jan 13.

Awaiting the verdict: Statins and the road ahead for primary prevention in older adults

Márlon Juliano Romero Aliberti  1   2 , Caio A M Tavares  1   3   4 , Nicholas M Pajewski  5
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Awaiting the verdict: Statins and the road ahead for primary prevention in older adults

Márlon Juliano Romero Aliberti et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Feb.
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Conflicts of Interest:

Dr. Pajewski is an investigator on the PREVENTABLE trial. The other authors declare no relevant conflicts of interest for this work.

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Effects of new statin use on mortality and first cardiovascular events in older adults: a visual summary of Orkaby et al., 2023
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