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Title
The effect of rosuvastatin on incident pneumonia: results from the JUPITER trial.
Authors
Novack, Victor; MacFadyen, Jean; Malhotra, Atul; Almog, Yaniv; Glynn, Robert J; Ridker, Paul M
Abstract
Evidence from observational studies have raised the possibility that statin treatment reduces the incidence of certain bacterial infections, particularly pneumonia. We analyzed data from a randomized controlled trial of rosuvastatin to examine this hypothesis.
Publication
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2012, Vol 184, Issue 7, pE367