Prevention

using a statin ^a

Why?

• Statins reduces mortality, particularly from myocardial infarction. ^a

Statins reduce mortality

Patient	Treatment	Comparison	Outcome	CER	OR (95% CI)	NNT (95% CI)
myocardial infarction a	statin	control	death at months	6.3%	0.76 (0.67 to 0.86)	70 (50 to 120)
			fatal MI at months	6.3%	0.61 (0.48 to 0.78)	42 (32 to 76)

• Statin therapy becomes more cost-effective as the number of cardiovascular risk factors present increase ^{a b}