Statins and Cataracts
<p>Dec 12, 2014 08:55 PM</p>
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medscape... 2014...</p>
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two studies... Brit Columbia...</p>
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case/control of 162k pts match iwht 650k controls...</p>
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RR of cataracts was 1.27 adjusted for age, F/U time, sex and DM, htn etc.</p>
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lovastat 1.14;
rosuvastatin 1.42...</p>
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All Male US Cohort...</p>
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mean age 72... 45k pts and 450 controls... avg f/u 2 years.</p>
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RR for surgery-indicated cataracts 1.07...</p>
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RR for lovastat was 1.14... reched signif for atorva, simva...</p>
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