Stop right there. Do a calcium CT scan of any 76 year old white man and you'll find that more than 90% of them have calcium deposits in their coronary arteries.
I would define that as "heart disease", even if it has not yet manifested itself as a heart attack. These men would benefit from a statin, studies show.
How would they benefit from it if their is no reduction in overall mortality? Why is cholesterol even a good measure when it’s been shown to have low correlation with heart problems?
Average 46 year old American male will have unremarkable coronary eschemia at best and frequently worse just waiting for a nice clot
This steady statin demonization here is nutty science
If you can tolerate them there is no question they effect lipids profiles
In fact there are new statins being used that show promise as ischemia reducers
Which folks like me hope to try asap in large dose cath injections
Might save my life
Then take Vitamin K2 to get rid of that calcium:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566462/
“Should a 76-year-old who doesn’t have heart disease....”
Everyone in that age range...like me... has something going on.
They also have about a 100% chance of having prostate cancer.