Although early-onset and late-onset T2DM are notoriously associated with a higher risk of CVD morbidity and mortality, only long-duration (N10 years) T2DM appears to be related to a CVD risk equivalent [18]. Consequently, statins are widely used to treat dyslipidemia for primary and secondary CVD prevention and also in patients with already diagnosed T2DM [19], resulting in reduced CVD risk and occurrence (am diab assoc. diabetes care 2011). In parallel with this information, as mentioned above, recent data from important studies have highlight- ed the risk of new-onset insulin resistance or T2DM in patients using statins [5,20–22]. The first trial reporting a link between statin use and diabetes is the JUPITER trial, conducted in 17,802 subjects over a 1.9- year period, showing an overall 27% increase in investigator-reported T2DM in patients treated with 20 mg/day rosuvastatin compared to patients receiving placebo and a moderate but significant increase of median hemoglobin A1c levels in the rosuvastatin arm compared to the control arm [20]. Very interestingly, this increase may be attributed to the female subgroup (+50% new-onset diabetes vs. control, P = 0.008) rather than to men (+13%, P = 0.29) [6]. For this specific study, authors concluded that positive cardiovascular benefits of statin- treated subjects outweighed the risk of new-onset diabetes [8].