1Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL.
2Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
3Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
4Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
5Department of Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL.
*See also p. 1441.
All authors conceived the study. Drs. Wang, Safford, and Griffin, and Howard oversaw data collection. Mr. Moore, Mr. Donnelly, and Dr. Wang conducted the analysis. Mr. Moore drafted the article, and all authors contributed to its critical review. Mr. Moore assumes overall responsibility for the article.
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Mr. Donnelly received grant support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD (T32-HS013852) and received support for this article research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). His institution received funding from the AHRQ Predoctoral Fellowship in Health Services Research. Dr. Howard received support for this article research from the NIH. His institution received funding from the NIH, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and Amgen. Dr. Safford reports the following potential conflicts of interest: Amgen—salary support to study patterns of statin use in Medicare and other large databases; diaDexus—salary support for a research grant on lipids and coronary heart disease outcomes; diaDexus—consulting to help with Food and Drug Administration application; NIH and AHRQ—salary support for research grants. Dr. Safford received support for this article research from the NIH. Dr. Wang received grant support from the National Institute for Nursing Research, Bethesda, MD (R01-NR012726). The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interests.
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