A UK general practice population cohort study investigating the association between lipid lowering drugs and 30-day mortality following medically attended acute respiratory illness

Background. Cholesterol lowering drugs HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) and PPARα activators (fibrates) have been shown to reduce host inflammation via non-disease specific immunomodulatory mechanisms. Recent studies suggest that commonly prescribed drugs in general practice, statins and fibra...

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Autores principales: Joshi, Roshni, Venkatesan, Sudhir, Myles, Puja R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2016
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4841228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27114868
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1902

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4841228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27114868
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1902

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