• Title of article

    Do Statins Increase the Risk of Idiopathic Polyneuropathy?

  • Author/Authors

    Anderson، نويسنده , , Jeffrey L. and Muhlestein، نويسنده , , Joseph B. and Bair، نويسنده , , Tami L. and Morris، نويسنده , , Steven and Weaver، نويسنده , , Aaron N. and Lappé، نويسنده , , Donald L. and Renlund، نويسنده , , Dale G. and Pearson، نويسنده , , Robert R. and Jensen، نويسنده , , Kurt R. and Horne، نويسنده , , Benjamin D.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    1097
  • To page
    1099
  • Abstract
    A recent European case-control study suggested that statins increase the risk for polyneuropathy, a rare but serious neurologic condition. This risk was assessed in 272 patients with idiopathic polyneuropathy and 1,360 matched controls in the Intermountain Health Care electronic database. It was found that statin use before diagnosis was not significantly greater in patients than controls (odds ratio 1.30, 95% confidence interval 0.3 to 2.1, p = 0.27), nor were doses different between patients and controls.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Cardiology
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Cardiology
  • Record number

    1899111