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To: NautiNurse
Blood pressure medications and statins have been quite successful improving longevity.

Do you have a citation about the statins? Because the studies I remember showed no reduction in mortality. Does current research show that cholesterol is a good predictor of of heart health?

26 posted on 10/09/2021 10:58:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2767861

Published July 7, 2020: Among older US veterans without atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at baseline, statin therapy was significantly associated with a lower risk of mortality.

28 posted on 10/10/2021 2:17:55 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Puddin' Head Joe--We are checking our watches for the end of your miserable White House tenure.)
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To: nickcarraway
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31362307/

November 14, 2019: Statin discontinuation was associated with a 33% increased risk of admission for cardiovascular event in 75-year-old primary prevention patients.

29 posted on 10/10/2021 2:28:26 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Puddin' Head Joe--We are checking our watches for the end of your miserable White House tenure.)
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