title: More than a billion people taking statins?: Potential implications of the new cardiovascular guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine and Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine2Department of Statistics, Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: John P A
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ioannidis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000572:American Heart Association; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003710:Demography; D004345:Drug Industry; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors