I note with some concern the new suggestion to consider initiating statin treatment at >1%, and that this risk is considered moderate in this article. The average risk of a 50 year old man as assessed on QRISK3 is 3.6%. And and that of a 60 year old man is 7%. This would make life long statins standard for even those under 50.
In fact average QRISK3 10 year risk reaches 1.1% for men at the grand old age of 40. And that is for a non-smoker of normal weight.
Do we really want to even consider treating most of the population life long from this age?
Rapid Response:
Re: Statins
Dear Editor
I note with some concern the new suggestion to consider initiating statin treatment at >1%, and that this risk is considered moderate in this article. The average risk of a 50 year old man as assessed on QRISK3 is 3.6%. And and that of a 60 year old man is 7%. This would make life long statins standard for even those under 50.
In fact average QRISK3 10 year risk reaches 1.1% for men at the grand old age of 40. And that is for a non-smoker of normal weight.
Do we really want to even consider treating most of the population life long from this age?
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