Simvastatin cholesterol lowering intervention

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pathology Benefit (demonstrated or suggested) and harm      
acute coronary syndrome

All results are NS for efficacy

meta-analysis
aortic stenosis

All results are NS for efficacy

meta-analysis
CABG surgery

All results are NS for efficacy

meta-analysis
cardiovascular prevention

superior to placebo in terms of all cause deaths in HPS, 2002 (secondary prevention patients)

superior to placebo in terms of all cause deaths in 4S, 1994 (secondary prevention patients)

inferior to placebo in terms of Rhabdomyolyses in SEARCH, 2010 (secondary prevention patients)

meta-analysis
diabetes type 2

All results are NS for efficacy

meta-analysis
heart failure

All results are NS for efficacy

meta-analysis
peripheral vascular diseases

All results are NS for efficacy

meta-analysis
post myocardial infarction

superior to placebo in terms of all cause deaths in 4S, 1994 (secondary prevention patients)

meta-analysis
post stroke

All results are NS for efficacy

meta-analysis