Young adults with high cholesterol may need statins: Study
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Toronto: Millions of people globally take statins to help lower their cholesterol level. Canadian researchers have now developed a new approach to determine which individuals should receive such important medications to prevent heart disease, especially in younger people.
“We should not only be considering who is at risk of heart disease but, more importantly, who would benefit from these medications based on randomised clinical trial data,” explained lead author Dr George Thanassoulis, associate professor in medicine at Mc Gill University.
For example, younger patients who have high cholesterol are frequently considered too young to be at risk of heart attack in the short term.
“But our analysis shows that they would benefit from treatment, even in the short term, and therefore should be eligible for statin treatment,” added Dr Thanassoulis, also from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal.
“We should not only be considering who is at risk of heart disease but, more importantly, who would benefit from these medications based on randomised clinical trial data,” explained lead author Dr George Thanassoulis, associate professor in medicine at Mc Gill University.
For example, younger patients who have high cholesterol are frequently considered too young to be at risk of heart attack in the short term.
“But our analysis shows that they would benefit from treatment, even in the short term, and therefore should be eligible for statin treatment,” added Dr Thanassoulis, also from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal.
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