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Combining population health and baseline risk strategy by determining an age cutoff for initiating statins in patients with diabetes: a population-based study.

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Impact of using a non-diabetes-specific risk calculator on eligibility for statin therapy in type 2 diabetes.

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Coronary heart disease prevention in clinical practice: are patients with diabetes special? Evidence from two studies of older men and women.

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Undertreatment and overtreatment with statins: the Oslo Health Study 2000-2001.

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Majeed A, Moser K, Maxwell R.

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Cardiovascular risk factor management is poorer in diabetic patients with undiagnosed peripheral arterial disease than in those with known coronary heart disease or cerebrovascular disease. Results of a nationwide study in tertiary diabetes centres.

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Lipid treatment guidelines and cardiovascular risk for Aboriginal people in Central Australia.

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