Comment on: Statin use and risk of diabetes mellitus

World J Diabetes. 2016 Apr 25;7(8):175-6. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v7.i8.175.

Abstract

In manuscript named "Statin use and risk of diabetes mellitus" by Chogtu et al, authors defined that pravastatin 40 mg/dL reduced the risk of diabetes by 30% in West of Scotland Coronary Prevention study. In fact, pravastatin 40 mg/dL reduced coronary heart disease risk approximately 30% in mentioned study.

Keywords: Coronary heart disease; Diabetes mellitus; Myocardial Infarction; Pravastatin; Statins.