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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (23693)	4/22/2012 9:43:56 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Oh oh.....the conspiracy theories again.. You will happy to learn that the large meta-analysis seemed to show the strokes in the most elderly group seemed to have a negative relationship to total cholesterol.... This rang alarm bells in some quarters and more intensive analysis by other investigators..... Interpretation...... Total cholesterol was positively associated with IHD mortality in both middle and old age and at all blood pressure levels. The absence of an independent positive association of cholesterol with stroke mortality, especially at older ages or higher blood pressures, is unexplained, and invites further research. Nevertheless, there is conclusive evidence from randomised trials that statins substantially reduce not only coronary event rates but also total stroke rates in patients with a wide range of ages and blood pressures.... I have a complete copy of the paper if you're interested....got it through a side door, the Lancet wants to be paid..... Here is a followup study on the same data... Lipid management in the prevention of stroke: review and updated meta-analysis of statins for stroke prevention thelancet.com