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Statin use linked to risk for cataracts
Patients treated with statins for CVD prevention were more likely than nonusers to develop cataracts requiring surgical treatment, researchers reported in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.Researchers evaluated data from two cohorts selected from the British Columbia Ministry of Health databases (2000-2007) and the IMS LifeLink database (2001-2011) to identify patients who were diagnosed with and underwent surgery for cataracts. The British Columbia cohort comprised 162,501 men and women and 650,004 matched controls and the IMS LifeLink cohort comprised 45,065 men and 450,650 matched controls.