American Heart Journal
Volume 151, Issue 2 , Pages 273-281 , February 2006

Are statins created equal? Evidence from randomized trials of pravastatin, simvastatin, and atorvastatin for cardiovascular disease prevention

  • Zheng Zhou, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Montréal General Hospital, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Elham Rahme, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Montréal General Hospital, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Louise Pilote, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Montréal General Hospital, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Louise Pilote MD, MPH, PhD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, L10-421, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4.

Received 1 November 2004 ,Accepted 1 April 2005.

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 Dr Zhou was supported by a research scholarship from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and a fellowship from the Canadian Cardiovascular Outcome Research Team (CCORT). Dr Rahme is a research scholar funded by the Arthritis Society. Dr Pilote is a research scholar of the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) and a William Dawson Professor at McGill University. None of the authors has financial interest or conflict with regard to the content discussed in this manuscript.

PII: S0002-8703(05)00361-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.04.003

American Heart Journal
Volume 151, Issue 2 , Pages 273-281 , February 2006