Statin use among older Finns stratified according to cardiovascular risk

: Upmeier E, Korhonen MJ, Helin-Salmivaara A, Huupponen R

Publisher: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG

: 2013

: European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

: EUR J CLIN PHARMACOL

: 2

: 69

: 2

: 261

: 267

: 7

: 0031-6970

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-012-1328-0

Statin prescribing is shifting towards older age groups. A substantial increase in prevalence and incidence was seen across all risk categories, but the channeling of statin use towards high-risk persons remained unchanged.

Biomedicine
Internal medicine
Public health care science, environmental and occupational health