No Overall Statin Effect Seen on Dementia, Cognition

Statin therapy likely didn’t lead to dementia or even mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in older patients taking the drugs for cardiovascular (CV) primary prevention in a post hoc analysis of a trial that required normal cognitive ability for entry. Nor did statins, whether lipophilic or hydrophilic, appear to influence changes in cognition or affect separate […]