The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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The 2014 guidelines on cardiovascular risk assessment and lipid modification from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommend statin therapy for adults with prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD), and for adults with a 10-year CVD risk of ≥10%, estimated using the QRISK2 algorithm. ⋯ Under the 2014 NICE guidelines, 11.8 million (37%) adults in England aged 30-84 years, including almost all males >60 years in all females >75 years, require statin therapy.