Medium-/long-term effect (clinical endpoints)
Data from MM on medium- or long-term effects of statins
related to the prevention of cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality were studied. Relevant trials were sought in TrialResults
Centre via (http://www.trialresultscenter.org/)21 and
reviewed. Evaluating these criteria was challenging. The
populations studied in the various trials differed greatly
making direct comparisons based on the trials among
the statins difficult and sometimes quite unsuitable. The
relevant information is revealed in Table 3. Additionally,
reported measurements for the clinical endpoints were not
standardized; these include coronary events, cardiovascular
events, all causes of death, coronary death, major adverse
cardiac events (which could also differ in definition from
one trial to the other) and so on