"statins would help 1 of 100 individuals to experience 1 fewer heart attack, meaning the drugs benefit 1% of the population. According to the study authors, statin advocates use this “absolute risk” statistic to produce another statistic for “relative risk,” which creates that appearance that statins can benefit 30% to 50% of the population. "
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