HEALTHY DIETS AND SCIENCE: Statin use associated with a 101% increased risk of diabetes

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Sunday, 26 July 2015

Statin use associated with a 101% increased risk of diabetes

2015 Jul 15;242(1):211-217

Study title and authors:

Liver fat, statin use, and incident diabetes: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

Shah RV, Allison MA, Lima JA, Bluemke DA, Abbasi SA, Ouyang P, Jerosch-Herold M, Ding J, Budoff MJ, Murthy VL.

Department of Cardiology and Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26209814

This study investigated the influence of statins and liver fat on type 2 diabetes. The study included 3,153 individuals who initially did not take statins and were without cardiovascular disease, or type 2 diabetes.

Regarding statins, the study found that individuals who took statins had a 101% increased risk of developing diabetes compared with individuals who did not take statins.