Figure 2. Meta-analysis of the absolute risk reduction of lipid-lowering as secondary prevention in patients with diabetes. The meta-analysis was done by using a random-effects model because of between-study heterogeneity (P = 0.026). 4S = Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study; CARE = Cholesterol and Recurrent Events trial; HPS-2 = Heart Protection Study (secondary prevention arm); LIPID = Long-term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischemic Disease trial; LIPS = Lescol Intervention Prevention Study; Post-CABG = Post–Coronary Artery Bypass Graft trial; PROSPER-2 = Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (secondary prevention arm); VA-HIT = Veterans Administration High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Intervention Trial.

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