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Scots that take statins may be less likely to die from Covid, study finds
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Scots who take statins may be less likely to die from Covid, a new study has found. Experts at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden investigated the link between the drugs and coronavirus mortality.
Statins are prescribed to lower the level of cholesterol in the blood. It found that statin treatment was associated with a slightly lower risk of death from Covid - the correlation did not vary significantly among people considered to be at risk.Researchers were able to come to the conclusion by using data from Swedish registers.They followed 963,876 residents of Stockholm over the age of 45 between March and November 2020.The results are based on analyses of data on the participants' prescribed medication and healthcare and from the Cause of
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