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Fig. 5

From: Association of statin use in older people primary prevention group with risk of cardiovascular events and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Fig. 5

Forest plot displaying the results of the subgroup analysis (according to age, sex, diabetes mellitus, and risk of bias) of observational studies that compared statin use with non-use in older people aged ≥ 65 years and without cardiovascular disease in terms of all-cause mortality. HR, hazard ratio; HCI, higher confidence interval; LCI, lower confidence interval. *Number of included participants. **The exact number of statin users in the study by Lemaitre et al. was not reported and not added to the presented number

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