more on the benefits of Statins vs. SideEffects
from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17512433.2018.1519391
from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17512433.2018.1519391
5.2. Elderly people with high LDL-C live the longest
If high LDL-C was the major cause of atherosclerosis and CVD, people with the highest LDL-C should have shorter lives than people with low values. However, in a recent systematic review of 19 cohort studies including more than 68,000 elderly people (>60 years of age), we found the opposite [26]. In the largest cohort study [27], those with the highest LDL-C levels lived even longer than those on statin treatment. In addition, numerous Japanese studies have found that high LDL-C is not a risk factor for CHD mortality in women of any age [28].
a youtube video explains relative and absolute risks
https://youtu.be/OzlhSzgVs4E
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