Use of statins and the risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 5804 - 12
• Main Authors: Chu, Che-Sheng, Tseng, Ping-Tao, Stubbs, Brendon, Chen, Tien-Yu, Tang, Chia-Hung, Li, Dian-Jeng, Yang, Wei-Cheng, Chen, Yen-Wen, Wu, Ching-Kuan, Veronese, Nicola, Carvalho, Andre F., Fernandes, Brisa S., Herrmann, Nathan, Lin, Pao-Yen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 11.04.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/308/174; 692/499; Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive ability; Dementia; Dementia disorders; Humanities and Social Sciences; Lipophilic; Meta-analysis; multidisciplinary; Risk assessment; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Statins; Systematic review; Vascular dementia

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate whether the use of statins could be associated with the risk of all-caused dementia, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), vascular dementia (VaD), and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Major electronic databases were searched until December 27 th...