← Statins × costs & health-care use

Observational studyAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2013

Statin exposure is associated with decreased asthma-related emergency department visits and oral corticosteroid use.

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What moved togetherboth groups pooled, not the treatment’s effect

Correlation, not cause

Went with lower costs & health-care use

−36%−47% to −23%

Bigger than 7 in 10 on the map

As reported

OR 0.64, 95% CI 0.53–0.77

Correlation, not cause

Went with lower costs & health-care use

−10%−19% to −1%

Bigger than 2 in 10 on the map

As reported

OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.81–0.99

Two numbers in the abstract

the abstract, start to end

… department visits (odds ratio [OR], 0.64; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.53-0.77; P < 0.0001) and two or more oral corticosteroid dispensings (OR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.81-0.99; P = 0.04).

← favours treatmentfavours comparator →
could be chance
Costs & health-care use
OR 0.640.53–0.77
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OR 0.900.81–0.99
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