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Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart disease: Use of statins is not supported by study

BMJ 2005; 331 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7509.159-a (Published 14 July 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;331:159
  1. Eddie Vos, maintains (vos@health-heart.org)health-heart.org
  1. Sutton (QC), Canada J0E 2K0

    EDITOR—The key problem with the article by Hippisley-Cox and Coupland, who reported benefit from having been prescribed a statin, is outlined by a line in the discussion, according to which confounding by indication could have occurred if patients …

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