Incidence of statin use in older adults with and without cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus, January 2008- March 2018
Fig 7
Statin initiation rates among older adults aged >75 years with and without cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus by age group, and who go on to use statins long-term,* NIH Collaboratory Distributed Research Network, January 1, 2008- March 31, 2018.
Abbreviations: CVD = cardiovascular disease; DM = diabetes mellitus *Long-term use was defined as a minimum of 180 days of statin exposure based on the number of days supplied, allowing for gaps of up to 30 days and including an exposure episode extension period of 30 days.