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Statins and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: cohort study using the UK clinical practice pesearch datalink.
Statin therapy may be a contributing factor to the development of type 2 diabetes.
The objective of this study was to examine whether an association exists between exposure to statins and type 2 diabetes incidence. Researchers tracked the number of statin prescriptions and frequency of type 2 diabetes diagnoses in a study group made of over 2 million men and women residing in the UK.
Researchers noticed that the risk of type 2 diabetes went with with increase in the use of statin medications. Data from this study indicate that the use of statins might be a risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
Research Summary Information
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2014
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Macedo AF, Douglas I, Smeeth L, Forbes H, Ebrahim S
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Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. filipa_macedopt@hotmail.com.
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