← Statins × all-cause mortality

TrialJournal of cardiac failure2008

Atorvastatin therapy may reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death in patients with advanced chronic heart failure.

Bojan Vrtovec et al.PubMed ↗Publisher ↗

  • Atorvastatinlooks good hereHigher SCD-free survival, no range given.No ranges given.

What the trial testedas reported · 110 people · 2008

No range given

Reported higher SCD-free survival, no range given

2.3×

atorvastatin vs no statins

Bigger than 9 in 10 for all-cause mortality

As reported

RR 2.3, no interval

Who was studied, and how

110people with dyslipidemia, in this paper

The trial randomly assignedassigned by chance

atorvastatin
no statins

Reported higher SCD-free survival, no range given2.3×

randomised

the abstract, start to end

SCD-free survival was 2.3-times higher in the statin …

← favours treatmentfavours comparator →
could be chance
No interval given · direction only, strength unknown
SCD-free survivalatorvastatin vs no statins
RR 2.3
StatinsAll-cause mortality

Statins × all-cause mortalityhelps?mixed

unlikelylikely
0.500.48 without it
← favours comparatorfavours treatment →
this papermore certainless certain
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