Corrections
Should people at low risk of cardiovascular disease take a statin?
BMJ 2014; 348 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g3329 (Published 15 May 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g3329
The conclusion and summary box of this Analysis article by Abramson and colleagues (BMJ 2013;347:f6123, doi:10.1136/bmj.f6123) stated that side effects of statins occur in about 18-20% of patients. The authors withdraw this statement. Although it was based on statements in the referenced observational study by Zhang and colleagues, that “the rate of reported statin-related events to statins was nearly 18%,”1 the article did not reflect necessary caveats and did not take sufficient account of the uncontrolled nature of the study.
Zhang et al observed that the rate of statin related events found in their study (18%) was “substantially higher than the 5% to 10% usually described …