Prevention

Treat high cholesterol using a statin ^a 

Why?

• Statins reduce death and recurrent stroke in patients with ischaemic heart disease, previous stroke and a high cholesterol level ^a 

Statins reduce death and recurrent stroke in high risk patients with high cholesterol levels

Patient	Treatment	Comparison	Outcome	CER	OR (95% CI)	NNT (95% CI)
previous stroke and high cholesterol level a	statin	placebo	recurrent stroke at years	2.3%	0.68 (0.55 to 0.85)	140 (98 to 300)
			death at years	6.2%	0.79 (0.69 to 0.91)	81 (55 to 190)