tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post7681914784495231561..comments2024-03-29T04:44:28.659+00:00Comments on The Low Carb Diabetic: Personalized Prediction of Lifetime Benefits with Statin Therapy for Asymptomatic Individuals: A Modeling StudyLowcarb team memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-39478310298711023552012-12-30T01:51:07.099+00:002012-12-30T01:51:07.099+00:00Statins have pretty much zero effect on anyone’s l...Statins have pretty much zero effect on anyone’s life expectancy. But hey, a $30 billion a year earner for big pharma.<br /><br />EddieLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-6715643743227657962012-12-29T23:18:19.706+00:002012-12-29T23:18:19.706+00:00Hi Leon your comment spurred me on so took the plu...Hi Leon your comment spurred me on so took the plunge and tried out the calculator, below are the results:<br /><br />"Without statin therapy With statin therapy Absolute difference<br />Total life expectancy (years):<br />12.9<br />12.9<br />0.0<br />Coronary heart disease/stroke-free life expectancy (years):<br />12.4<br />12.6<br />0.2<br />Lifetime coronary heart disease/stroke incidence (%):<br />22%<br />17%<br />-5%<br />Lifetime coronary heart disease/stroke mortality (%):<br />7%<br />5%<br />-2%<br />Lifetime general cardiovascular disease mortality (%):<br />22%<br />21%<br />-1%"<br /><br />If the calculator is anything to go by statins would have zero impact on my life expectancy.<br /><br />Graham<br /><br />Lowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-19170677788996515572012-12-29T16:27:02.581+00:002012-12-29T16:27:02.581+00:00Hey Guys,
I went & had a look at the calculat...Hey Guys,<br /><br />I went & had a look at the calculator. <br />It will not take HDL> 2.2 mmol/L (mine is 3).<br />When I claim to be diabetic & hypertensive & a smoker I have expectancy of 11 years (I claimed to be 70) with an extra "expectancy" of .2 year if I take statins.<br /><br />When I removed these 3 "risk markers" ( 'cos that's I) - I have an expectancy of 15 years (all cause mortality) while an expectancy of 14.4 years (cardiac mortality). The extra expectancy fro taking statins is still 0.2 years.<br /><br />Yer gorra laff, eh? Cos yer dead a long time.LeonRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219165631035107225noreply@blogger.com