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SUBMITTER: Vedel-Krogh S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4608706 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vedel-Krogh Signe S Nielsen Sune F SF Nordestgaard Børge G BG
PloS one 20151016 10
<h4>Introduction</h4>We hypothesized that statin use begun before the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease is associated with reduced mortality.<h4>Methods</h4>We studied all patients diagnosed with interstitial lung disease in the entire Danish population from 1995 through 2009, comparing statin use versus no statin use in a nested 1:2 matched study.<h4>Results</h4>The cumulative survival as a function of follow-up time from the date of diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (n = 1,786 + 3,57 ...[more]