Wow. After my doc telling me for two years to start, I just this week started on very low dose of statin. Female. sixties. confused.
When my father died of an aortic aneurysm we were told that it's possible his statin drug over-stripped his blood vessels.
The Alzheimer's theory makes sense. Cholesterol is necessary for brain health.
Norway has a mixed Norse and Sa’ami population. The Sa’ami have livers that deal quite differently with high intake of cholesterol. Without more studies with different populations I wouldn’t trust this one.