Statin Safety in Chinese: A Population-Based Study of Older Adults.
BACKGROUND:Compared to Caucasians, Chinese achieve a higher blood concentration of statin for a given dose. It remains unknown whether this translates to increased risk of serious statin-associated adverse events amongst Chinese patients. METHODS:We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort...
Main Authors: | Daniel Q Li, Richard B Kim, Eric McArthur, Jamie L Fleet, Robert A Hegele, Baiju R Shah, Matthew A Weir, Amber O Molnar, Stephanie Dixon, Jack V Tu, Sonia Anand, Amit X Garg |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4783028?pdf=render |
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