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devin • today at 4:16 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Sources? That 1% number is in my understanding wildly incorrect for statins, if that's what you're referring to. Are you comparing use of statins for people who already are low risk for heart attack over the next 10 years?


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dubeye • today at 5:00 PM

Just vaguely remember what my cardiologist told me. This is absolute, not relative. Which, and I'm definitely not saying it's insignificant.