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Statin use is not associated with an increased risk of acute pancreatitis-A meta-analysis of observational studies.

Goran PoropatLivia ArchibugiTaija KorpelaKarina Cárdenas-JaénEnrique de MadariaGabriele Capurso
Published in: United European gastroenterology journal (2018)
Statin use is not associated with increased risk of AP. Increased risk was limited to CC studies, which are more prone to bias, while C studies showed no global effect. Further research is needed to clarify whether statin type, dosage, treatment duration or AP etiology might account for this difference.
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