The problem with this study and many like it is that they are not understanding that the statin benefit are on an "S" shaped curve. Until one get the LDL under 150 (not 200) and the LDL below 55 there is little benefit seen.
The was all presented by Dr. Willaim Clifford Roberts at a
McDougall ASW some years ago. Dr. Roberts is the is the executive director of the Baylor Cardiovascular Institute of Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, and specializes in cardiac pathology. He was the editor of both the American Journal of Cardiology and the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings.
Read his article on Statins, cholesterol and heart disease titled "
It is the Cholesterol, Stupid!"
J