Re: statins don't reduce dementia risk

"Bill" <xxx@xxxxx> wrote in part:

>> I doubt if Jim will even bother reading the original journal article.
>> I hope that you have a wonderful day.
>> Jason
>>
>
>Jason, you can report back to us on the original journal article. Do you have
>the month and date? Where was the article you quoted from published?
>
>Bill

The cite is:

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Aug 1;92(3):334-6.

Relation of aggressiveness of lipid-lowering treatment to changes
in calcified plaque burden by electron beam tomography.

Hecht HS, Harman SM.

It's a uncontrolled, non-randomized, observational study. People
who had there LDL lowered more than others had about the same
calcified plaque progression after a year+ on a statin or a statin
and niacin.

But folks who are sicker and have more risk factors tend to go for
more aggressive treatment. And more recent, very large, randomized
studies have shown that greater LDL lowering can actually bring
about regression of plaque.

This is a good example of how one (Mercola in this case) can
cherry-pick studies (particularly observational ones), repackage
them, and make a very impressive web site that is nonetheless
absolute nonsense.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA
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