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Dear Doctor: How do doctors calculate absolute risk reduction numbers when considering use of statins?

The amount of absolute risk reduction from a statin in a person without known heart disease depends mostly on a person's ...
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Relation of the Crude Relative Risk of a Disorder to Relative Risks in Strata of a "Susceptible" Variable

If rd is the relative risk of a disorder in the entire population, and $r_{d,i}$ is the relative risk of the disorder in i = 1,.. .m strata, then one may show readily ...
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Statistical Inference for a Relative Risk Measure

For monitoring systemic risk from regulators' point of view, this article proposes a relative risk measure, which is sensitive to the market comovement. The asymptotic normality of a nonparametric ...
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Study finds statins reduce the relative risk of cardiovascular diseases by over 20% in adults aged 75+ with high cholesterol

Researchers provided comprehensive evidence of the benefits of statin use in elderly patients, addressing longstanding uncertainties. The robust evidence demonstrated that continuous statin therapy ...
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Sotagliflozin Provides Consistent Relative Risk Reduction in Heart Failure and Major Cardiovascular Events Across All Age Ranges, Including Greater Than 75, in Data Presented ...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Sept. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXRX) announced that a post-hoc analysis (“Efficacy of Sotagliflozin Among Older Adults: A Pooled ...