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Caloric and fat intake in statin users

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A new report examines trends in caloric and fat intake—known modifiers of cardiovascular risk—among statin users and non-users. As statins are the most effective hypolipidaemic agents currently used to prevent cardiovascular disease, it is important to understand how statin treatment affects dietary attitude.

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  1. Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippocration Hospital, 49 Konstantinoupoleos Street, Thessaloniki, 55132, Greece

    Vasilios G. Athyros

  2. Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics), Royal Free Campus, University College London Medical School, University College London, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG, UK

    Dimitri P. Mikhailidis

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Athyros, V., Mikhailidis, D. Caloric and fat intake in statin users. Nat Rev Endocrinol 10, 450–451 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2014.82

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