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Still in the dark: effects of sex differences on statin-associated diabetes risk - Nature

Still in the dark: effects of sex differences on statin-associated diabetes risk - Nature

Statins reduce cardiovascular risk but modestly increase type 2 diabetes (T2D). Evidence is limited by underrepresentation of women and lack of sex-specific analyses. In an umbrella review and meta-analysis of 21 trials with sex-disaggregated data, statins in…

<li>Cholesterol Treatment Trialists CollaborationEffects of statin therapy on diagnoses of new-onset diabetes and worsening glycaemia in large-scale randomised blinded statin trials: an individual pa… [+5612 chars]

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