Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, accounting for 1 of every 3 deaths among adults.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): JAMA

Title: JAMA

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN (Electronic): 1538-3598

ISSN (Print): 0098-7484

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 15 2016

Volume: 316

Issue: 19

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[1 ] University of California, San Francisco.

[2 ] Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.

[3 ] University of Iowa, Iowa City.

[4 ] Columbia University, New York, New York.

[5 ] State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse.

[6 ] Pima County Department of Health, Tucson, Arizona.

[7 ] Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts8Now with the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (was not affiliated with the National Institutes of Health while a member of the USPSTF).

[8 ] Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

[9 ] Fairfax Family Practice Residency, Fairfax, Virginia11Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

[10 ] Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

[11 ] University of Alabama at Birmingham.

[12 ] University of Missouri, Columbia.

[13 ] University of California, Los Angeles.

[14 ] University of Washington, Seattle.

[15 ] Stanford University, Stanford, California.

[16 ] Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

[17 ] University of Texas at Austin.

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Publisher Item ID: 2584058

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.15450

PubMed ID: 27838723

SO-VID: 3f2b8db7-efe8-45be-9972-eef14661d309

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