Figure 1

Data on statin use were available in 433 patients, 95 of whom (22%) were taking a statin when they were admitted to the hospital. During the hospital admission, statins had been discontinued in 50 of these 95 patients for clinical indications, while 56 of the 338 patients who had not been pretreated with statins were taking statins by the time of hospital discharge. The variable commencement and duration of statin treatment in-hospital and the variable length of stay made it very difficult to definitively assess any effectiveness of statin treatment over the short in-hospital period (median length of hospitalization: 5.0 days).