Questioning Medicine

https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/journal/1-s2.0-S0140673620322339?scrollTo=%23hl0000424 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32233-9/fulltext do statins work in old people?? This study in the lancet says- “In a contemporary primary prevention cohort, people aged 70–100 years with elevated LDL cholesterol had the highest absolute risk of myocardial infarction and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and the lowest estimated NNT in 5 years to prevent one event.’ researchers calculated that 80 adults aged 80–100 years — would need to receive a moderate-intensity statin for 5 years to prevent one MI.and145 adults aged 70–79 years — would need to receive a moderate-intensity statin for 5 years to prevent one MI.and to prevent just one ASCVD event, the numbers needed to treat were 42 and 88, respectively. But anytime you read the results you have to say “how did you come up with that number” what were your methods? In this study they took a sample of people from a large Danish