Statin Use and Severe Acute Liver Injury Among Patients with Elevated Alanine Aminotransferase.

Santosh K VermaJoanna HuangHoward G HutchinsonIrisdaly EstevezKammy KuangShannon L Reynolds Sebastian G Schneeweiss

Published in: Clinical epidemiology (2022)

In this large population-based study, SALI in statin users was rare. Importantly, the results showed no evidence that baseline ALT status is a reliable indicator for an increased risk of severe liver injury among statin initiators.

Keyphrases

liver injury
drug induced
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
low density lipoprotein
type diabetes
early onset