Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Why I won’t take statins for my high cholesterol - Julianne



In Summary, for those who took the statin for 5 years (with known heart disease):

Benefits in NNT
  • 1 in 83 were helped (life saved)
  • 1 in 39 were helped (preventing non-fatal heart attack)
  • 1 in 125 were helped (preventing stroke)
Harms in NNH
  • 1 in 100 were harmed (develop diabetes*)
  • 1 in 10 were harmed (muscle damage)


If you have had a heart attack and change your diet to a Mediterranean diet – you will get far more benefit than Statin drugs:

In Summary, for those who adhered to the Mediterranean diet:

Benefits in NNT
  • 1 in 18 were helped (preventing repeat heart attack)
  • 1 in 30 were helped (preventing death)
  • 1 in 30 were helped (preventing cancer)
Harms in NNH
  • None were harmed
 
 
And if you want to prevent heart disease the Mediterranean diet is also far more effective than statin drugs:
 
In Summary, for those who ate the Mediterranean diet:

Benefits in NNT
  • 1 in 61 were helped (avoiding a stroke, heart attack, or death)
Harms in NNH
  • None were harmed (diet effects)

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