Statin treatment and diabetes

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Kennedy, Richard L.;Vangaveti, Venkat;Malabu, Usman H.
Venkat Vangaveti
Abstract

[Extract] Waters et al. (1) discuss further evidence relating to increased incidence of new diabetes with statins. Superficially, the message from these and other studies is reassuring: statins have transformed the management of atherosclerotic disease; intensive therapy shows greater benefit than "standard" therapy; the rate of incident diabetes with statins is relatively small; benefits of statins are still apparent in patients with diabetes. It is further reassuring from this study (using data from the TNT [Treating to New Targets] and IDEAL [Incremental Decrease in Endpoints through Aggressive Lipid-lowering] studies) that those who develop diabetes are those who appear to be at risk.

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Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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61

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1558-3597

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18

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2

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Elsevier

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10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.071