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Aetiology/Harm
Cohort study
Risk of new-onset diabetes with statin use should not be overemphasised
  1. Chern-En Chiang,
  2. Kang-Ling Wang
  1. Taipei Veterans General Hospital and Yang-Ming University, General Clinical Research Center, Taipei, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to : Professor Chern-En Chiang, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and Yang-Ming University, General Clinical Research Center, 201 Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan; cechiang{at}vghtpe.gov.tw

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebmed-2015-110229

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    Commentary on: Mansi I, Frei CR, Wang CP, et al. Statins and new-onset diabetes mellitus and diabetic complications: a retrospective cohort study of US healthy adults. J Gen Intern Med 2015;30:1599–610OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed.

    Context

    Statin use is associated with increased incidence of diabetes, and possibly with increased body weight and reduced exercise capacity. Data on the long-term effects of these associations in healthy adults, however, are very limited.

    Methods

    This study examined diabetes outcomes among Tricare beneficiaries who were evaluated between 1 October 2003 and 1 March 2012. Participants were divided into statin users and non-users. Patients who, at baseline, had a pre-existing disease indicative of cardiovascular diseases, or any positive element of …

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors K-LW provided assistance and help in manuscript writing.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.