Statins use is associated with poorer glycaemic control in a cohort of hypertensive patients with diabetes and without diabetes

• Main Authors: Liew, S.M., Lee, P.Y., Hanafi, N.S., Ng, C.J., Wong, S.S.L., Chia, Y.C., Lai, P.S.M., Zaidi, N.F.M., Khoo, E.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2014
• Subjects: R Medicine; RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10022/1/Liew-2014-Statins_use_is_assoc.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/10022/; http://www.dmsjournal.com/content/6/1/53
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: The US Federal and Drug Administration (FDA) recently revised statin drug labels to include the information that increases in fasting serum glucose and glycated haemoglobin levels have been reported with the use of statins. Yet in a survey, 87 of the doctors stated that they had never or...