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Abstract:
Five meta-analyses of double-blind randomised comparative clinical trials have shown a small but statistically significant increase in the risk of type 2 diabetes in statin users. The relative risk was about 1.1. One add- itional case of diabetes occurred for approximately every 255 patients treated with a statin for 4 years. The risk is dose-dependent. It was observed with all the statins studied, including pravastatin, simvastatin, atorvastatin and rosuvastatin. In practice, the risk of diabetes is not a reason for choosing one statin rather than another. When statin ther- apy is justified, pravastatin and simva- statin remain the statins of choice.
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