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Statin adherence and risk of acute cardiovascular events among women: a cohort study accounting for time-dependent confounding affected by previous adherence

OBJECTIVES: Previous studies on the effect of statin adherence on cardiovascular events in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease have adjusted for time-dependent confounding, but potentially introduced bias into their estimates as adherence and confounders were measured simultaneously. We...

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Autores principales: Lavikainen, Piia, Helin-Salmivaara, Arja, Eerola, Mervi, Fang, Gang, Hartikainen, Juha, Huupponen, Risto, Korhonen, Maarit Jaana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27259530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011306