Should low-intensity statins be favored to minimize the risk of diabetes onset while still offering cardiovascular benefit for patients with prediabetes where a statin is indicated?
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Should low-intensity statins be favored to minimize the risk of diabetes onset while still offering cardiovascular benefit for patients with prediabetes where a statin is indicated?
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Endocrinology · Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
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While higher-intensity statins are associated with a slightly higher incidence of diabetes, it would not be recommended to start with low-intensity statins as there are no data to support this. Essentially, all of the CV outcomes trials with statins have been with moderate and high-intensity statins...
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