The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
And they actually give a list of the risk factors for statin side effects. And they include female sex, um age over 70, low BMI, vitamin D deficiency. I mean, there was so basically, almost half of the population have an increased risk of side effects when you look at that that list and they estimate, actually they come up with about a figure of 15%, which is certainly a lot higher than the 1% that Professor Sir Rory Collins talks about.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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