Re: Increased statin use does not = reduced MI

From: Bill (xxx_at_yy.zz)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 05:17:51 GMT

"Sharon Hope" <shope@anet.net> wrote in message
news:pi83d.461643$%_6.289595@attbi_s01...
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> "Tiger Lily" <me@privacy.com> wrote in message
> news:2r3khnF14qoh1U1@uni-berlin.de...
>> notice how the baby boomers are all hitting their mid 50's and we don't
> have
>> an increase in the AMI admissions??????
>>
>> interesting.......... how to lie with statistics
>>
>
> These were not raw admissions counts, they were standardized ratios, just as
> the statin prescriptions were in terms of n per thousand. Exercise the link
> to the full pdf and you can see this.
>

I think you are missing her point. As the population ages, one would expect
the proportion to increase - instead it fell. There were also a number of
qualifications on the study.

Bill

>
>> i would like to see...... how many admissions per capita for the age group
>> in the 2 periods being compared.......... remember those 50 yr olds are
> now
>> 56....... and being compared to their prior 56 yr olds who are now
>> 62.............
>>
>> my father had a massive fatal MI at the age of 68........ who knows what
>> could have been prevented if he had gone for regular annual physicals, and
>> started a statin years before.........
>>
>
> Very sorry to hear that. My husband lost his short-term memory, cognitive
> ability, and his ability to use his muscles by the time he was 54 years
> old - all due to Lipitor adverse effects. His daughters lament these losses
> much as you lament the loss of your father. At least they can see him, but
> it is sometimes impossible for him to process what they say when they speak
> to him. And seeing him in constant excruciating pain, due to
> Lipitor-induced nerve damage and muscle damage is not pleasant.
>
>>
>> "Zee" <fresh~horses@despammed.com> wrote in message
>> news:1095539204.084280.296310@h37g2000oda.googlegroups.com...
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>> >
>> > http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7467/645
>> >
>> > Why is there no significant reduction in AMI admission rates over a 6
>> > year period despite a marked increase in the number of statin
>> > prescriptions over that time period?
>> >
>>
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