Quantifying the Contribution of Statins to the Decline in Population Mean Cholesterol by Socioeconomic Group in England 1991 - 2012: A Modelling Study



Kypridemos, Christodoulos ORCID: 0000-0002-0746-9229, Bandosz, Piotr ORCID: 0000-0002-6395-6216, Hickey, Graeme ORCID: 0000-0002-4989-0054, Guzman Castillo, Maria ORCID: 0000-0002-1220-9472, Allen, Kirk, Buchan, Iain ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-1650, Capewell, Simon ORCID: 0000-0003-3960-8999 and O'Flaherty, Martin ORCID: 0000-0001-8944-4131
(2015) Quantifying the Contribution of Statins to the Decline in Population Mean Cholesterol by Socioeconomic Group in England 1991 - 2012: A Modelling Study. PLoS One, 10 (4). e0123112-.

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Abstract

Our model suggests that statins explained around a third of the substantial falls in total cholesterol observed in England since 1991. Approximately two thirds of the cholesterol decrease can reasonably be attributed non-pharmacological determinants.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Humans, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cholesterol, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Confidence Intervals, Monte Carlo Method, Social Class, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, England, Female, Male
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 08 Apr 2016 10:56
Last Modified: 15 Dec 2022 11:54
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123112
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3000376

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