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Statins reduce all-cause mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

BACKGROUND: Recent observational studies have suggested that use of statins reduces mortality in patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, no meta-analysis has reported the pooled hazard ratio of statins to all-cause mortality. METHODS: We searched for eligible articles...

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Autores principales: Horita, Nobuyuki, Miyazawa, Naoki, Kojima, Ryota, Inoue, Miyo, Ishigatsubo, Yoshiaki, Ueda, Atsuhisa, Kaneko, Takeshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4118277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25029928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-15-80