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Simvastatin is associated with a reduced incidence of dementia and Parkinson's disease.

BMC Med · 2007 · PMC1955446 · PMID 17640385

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borderline significantp < 0.1so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)
Atorvastatin showed a reduction in the HR that was significant in model 1, borderline significant in model 2 (HR = 0.90, CI 0.79–1.02, p < 0.1) and not significant in model 3 (Table 2A ; fig. 1A, D ).

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a trend towards significanceno p-value reported
Conclusion Simvastatin is associated with a strong reduction in the incidence of dementia and Parkinson's disease, whereas atorvastatin is associated with a modest reduction in incident dementia and Parkinson's disease, which shows only a trend towards significance. pmc-status-qastatus 0 pmc-status-live yes pmc-status-embargo no pmc-status-released yes pmc-prop-open-access yes pmc-prop-olf no pmc-prop-manuscript no pmc-prop-legally-suppressed no pmc-prop-has-pdf yes pmc-prop-has-supplement no pmc-prop-pdf-only no pmc-prop-suppress-copyright no pmc-prop-is-real-version no pmc-prop-is-scanned-article no pmc-prop-preprint no pmc-prop-in-epmc yes pmc-license-ref CC BY Background Dementia is one of the major public health threats that individuals face as they age.

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of borderline significanceno p-value reported
We found that simvastatin is associated with a significant reduction in incident dementia and atorvastatin is associated with a more modest reduction that is of borderline significance.

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