article_snippet: Exerts from the university’s Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences reviewed 17 statin trials involving more than 100,000 patients as part of statin analysis.
article_snippet: Between eight and ten million adults take statins – which are now the most widely prescribed drugs in the UK.
article_snippet: Those who have a 10 per cent or greater risk are being offered statins, including patients aged 80 and over.
article_snippet: Researchers from the University of Glasgow carried out a review of 17 statin trials including over 100,000 patients.
highlights_snippet: Glasgow researchers reviewed 17 statin trials involving 100,000 people .
  