June 18, 2009Journal of Hypertension
Blood pressure-lowering effects of statins: who benefits?
Why the study?
Does statin use reduce blood pressure in a general population cohort?
Population
10,531 individuals from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, including 995 statin users…
Comparison
Statin use vs Nonuse of statins
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Observed BP reductions with statins should not change practice; leaves open independent effects needing randomized confirmation.
Structured PICO
Does statin use reduce blood pressure in a general population cohort?
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Population
10,531 individuals from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), including 995 statin users and 9,536 nonusers.
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Intervention
Statin use
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Comparator
Nonuse of statins
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Outcome
Systolic and diastolic blood pressuresurrogate
Statin use is associated with modest reductions in blood pressure, with greater effects observed in patients on antihypertensive therapy or with low HDL-C.
Cite This Study
Leonelo E. Bautista (2009) studied this question.