A previous version seemed to recommend statins for everyone over a certain age. I decided to plug in the optimal values, conveniently stated in a footnote beneath the data entry fields, for a 65-year-old man. Here is what the data entry looks like.
As you can see below, the risk calculator recommends "moderate to high-intensity statin therapy."
Below the recommendation, it says, "Adults 40 to 75 years of age with LDL-C 70 to 189 mg/dL with no diabetes and estimated 10-year ASCVD risk ?7.5% should be treated with moderate to high-intensity statin therapy." This is a apparently high-level (A1) evidence-based recommendation.
What am I not understanding here?
I would very much appreciate it if some cardiologists would comment and explain to me how such a sweeping
recommendation came to be.
Is this accepted as gospel? Do all cardiologists recommend statins in the above situation?
Is this accepted as gospel? Do all cardiologists recommend statins in the above situation?
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