Sattar, Naveed; Preiss, David; Murray, Heather M; Welsh, Paul; Buckley, Brendan M; de Craen, Anton J M; Seshasai, Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally; McMurray, John J; Freeman, Dilys J; Jukema, J Wouter; Macfarlane, Peter W; Packard, Chris J; Stott, David J; Weste
Lancet; 2010 Feb 27;375(9716):735-42. PMID: 20167359
British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. nsattar@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
Abstract
Trials of statin therapy have had conflicting findings on the risk of development of diabetes mellitus in patients given statins. We aimed to establish by a meta-analysis of published and unpublished data whether any relation exists between statin use and development of diabetes.