CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
The effect of rosuvastatin on incident pneumonia: results from the JUPITER trial.
Evidence from observational studies have raised the possibility that statin treatment reduces the incidence of certain bacterial infections, particularly pneumonia. We analyzed data from a randomized controlled trial of rosuvastatin to examine this hypothesis. ⋯ Data from this randomized controlled trial support the hypothesis that statin treatment may modestly reduce the incidence of pneumonia. (ClinicalTrials.gov trial register no. NCT0023968.).