“…The mean age of patients taking statins was 57.9AE5.8 years, which was not significantly different from the mean age of the control group (57.7AE6.5 years). Atorvastatin was the statin used in 15 studies, 7,[9][10][11][12]14,16,20,24,31,34,36,37,41,43 pravastatin in 8 studies, 8,13,19,26,28,39,40,42,46 simvastatin in 10 studies, 13,23,29,30,35,39,44,45,47,49 fluvastatin in 4 studies, 21,27,38,39 cerivastatin in 2 studies, 15,25 and lovastatin in 1 study. 48 One study 27 compared fluvastatin plus orlistat (an inhibitor of intestinal lipid digestion) with orlistat alone.…”