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Lipid levels and major adverse cardiovascular events in patients initiated on statins for primary prevention: an international population-based cohort study protocol

Joseph E Blais, Ralph Kwame Akyea, Annelize Coetzee, Amy HY Chan, Wallis CY Lau, Kenneth KC Man, Jeff Harrison, Esther W Chan, Kebede A Beyene, Ian CK Wong and Stephen Weng
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (1): bjgpopen20X101127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101127
Joseph E Blais
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vol. 5 no. 1 bjgpopen20X101127
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101127
PubMed 
33172851

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  • Received May 28, 2020
  • Accepted June 3, 2020
  • Published online February 23, 2021.

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  1. Joseph E Blais, BScPharm1,*,†,
  2. Ralph Kwame Akyea, MB ChB, MPH2,†,
  3. Annelize Coetzee, MPharm3,
  4. Amy HY Chan, PhD3,
  5. Wallis CY Lau, PhD1,4,
  6. Kenneth KC Man, PhD1,4,
  7. Jeff Harrison, PhD3,
  8. Esther W Chan, PhD1,
  9. Kebede A Beyene, PhD3,
  10. Ian CK Wong, PhD1,4 and
  11. Stephen Weng, PhD2
  1. 1 Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  2. 2 Primary Care Stratified Medicine, Division of Primary Care, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
  3. 3 School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  4. 4 Research Department of Practice and Policy, University College London School of Pharmacy, London, UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Joseph E Blais, jblais{at}connect.hku.hk
  1. ↵† These authors contributed equally to this work

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Lipid levels and major adverse cardiovascular events in patients initiated on statins for primary prevention: an international population-based cohort study protocol
Joseph E Blais, Ralph Kwame Akyea, Annelize Coetzee, Amy HY Chan, Wallis CY Lau, Kenneth KC Man, Jeff Harrison, Esther W Chan, Kebede A Beyene, Ian CK Wong, Stephen Weng
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (1): bjgpopen20X101127. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101127
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  • hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors
  • cholesterol
  • major adverse cardiovascular events
  • primary prevention
  • cohort studies

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