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?

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...