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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 264346" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>Your doctor is using the same criteria as mine over here in France </p><p>The BBC article on cholesterol says</p><p>http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/cholesterol1.shtml</p><p> </p><p>Statins are controversial on these forums so you will have to look at both sides and make a decision for yourself. Dillinger has given one. Here is the press release from a large study done in the UK. It's on the website of the study itself so you can follow up the actual study if you want to. The Background question and answers on the press materials tab is also informative.</p><p> <a href="http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~hps/diabetes_press_release.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~hps/diabetes_ ... ease.shtml</a></p><p>As to the risk for women. It is true that many women up to the menopause have higher levels of HDL which is thought to be protective against heart disease. After menopause HDL can fall, also some women with diabetes seem to have quite low HDL levels. Unfortunately many docs don't seem to order a full cholesterol blood test. Without knowing your HDL level you're lacking important information.</p><p>It is no longer true to say that there is no evidence for the effect of statins in women (there didn't used to be as many trials were only on men) A recent meta analysis' (ie when the results of several trials were put together ) Meta-Analysis of Statin Effects in Women Versus Men' concluded that' Statin therapy is associated with significant decreases in cardiovascular events and in all-cause mortality in women and men. Statin therapy should be used in appropriate patients without regard to sex'</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 264346, member: 12578"] Your doctor is using the same criteria as mine over here in France The BBC article on cholesterol says http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/cholesterol1.shtml Statins are controversial on these forums so you will have to look at both sides and make a decision for yourself. Dillinger has given one. Here is the press release from a large study done in the UK. It's on the website of the study itself so you can follow up the actual study if you want to. The Background question and answers on the press materials tab is also informative. [url=http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~hps/diabetes_press_release.shtml]http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~hps/diabetes_ ... ease.shtml[/url] As to the risk for women. It is true that many women up to the menopause have higher levels of HDL which is thought to be protective against heart disease. After menopause HDL can fall, also some women with diabetes seem to have quite low HDL levels. Unfortunately many docs don't seem to order a full cholesterol blood test. Without knowing your HDL level you're lacking important information. It is no longer true to say that there is no evidence for the effect of statins in women (there didn't used to be as many trials were only on men) A recent meta analysis' (ie when the results of several trials were put together ) Meta-Analysis of Statin Effects in Women Versus Men' concluded that' Statin therapy is associated with significant decreases in cardiovascular events and in all-cause mortality in women and men. Statin therapy should be used in appropriate patients without regard to sex' [/QUOTE]
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