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Of particular note are the lower rates of statin use in at-risk younger patients, females, African-Americans, and patients cared for by non-cardiologists.
Moderate- to high-risk patient visits had a 1.2- to 2.5-fold greater likelihood of taking a statin relative to visits by patients at low risk.
One patient had a mild transient increase in alkaline phosphatase, from 115 IU/L to 131 IU/L, when starting statin therapy.
Mortality benefits of statins has been attributed to lower lipid levels, but recent reports indicate that statins may reduce cardiovascular risk by other mechanisms, [ 6 7 ] and may also reduce cancer-related mortality [ 8 ] . Consensus is growing for statin use in all ESRD patients with atherosclerotic disease or diabetes [ 9 ] . If used this way, over 60% of all dialysis patients might be eligible for statins [ 10 ] . Despite an acceptable safety profile [ 6 11 ] , fewer than 10% of dialysis patients were prescribed statins according to USRDS and Canadian studies, [ 3 12 ] even in known coronary heart disease [ 13 ] .
χ 2 tests examined the association of statin use with individual patient visit characteristics for combined 1995–2002 NAMCS and NHAMCS data.
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