30% Fewer Cardiovascular Events: Statins Still Matter After age 70

🫀 Should we start a statin after age 70? STAREE delivers an important answer.

In 9,971 adults ≥70 without cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or dementia, atorvastatin 40 mg reduced major cardiovascular events by 30% over 5.9 years (HR 0.70; NNT 37).

💊 Yet it did not prolong disability-free survival (HR 0.94). The benefit was driven largely by fewer myocardial infarctions and coronary revascularizations.

🎯 Take-home: age alone should not close the door on cardiovascular prevention—but preventing events is not the same as extending healthy life.