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. 2023 Aug 10;11(8):2247. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11082247

Table 2.

Crude and overlap propensity score weighted odds ratios of dates of statin prescription for any brain tumor.

Characteristics N of
Brain Tumors
N of
Controls
Odds Ratios for Any Brain Tumor (95% Confidence Interval)
(Exposure/Total, %) (Exposure/Total, %) Crude p-Value Overlap Weighted Model † p-Value
Dyslipidemia and Any statin prescription
   Normal 1160/1893 (61.28) 4457/7572 (58.86) 1 1
   Dyslipidemia without Statin 349/1893 (18.44) 1860/7572 (24.56) 0.72 (0.63–0.82) <0.001 * 0.81 (0.73–0.90) <0.001 *
   Dyslipidemia with <365 days 184/1893 (9.72) 509/7572 (6.72) 1.39 (1.16–1.66) <0.001 * 1.60 (1.36–1.87) <0.001 *
   Dyslipidemia with ≥365 days 200/1893 (10.57) 746/7572 (9.85) 1.03 (0.87–1.22) 0.731 1.22 (1.06–1.41) 0.007 *
Dyslipidemia and Lipophilic statin prescription
   Normal 1160/1893 (61.28) 4457/7572 (58.86) 1 1
   Dyslipidemia without Lipophilic statin 418/1893 (22.08) 2131/7572 (28.14) 0.75 (0.67–0.85) <0.001 * 0.86 (0.77–0.95) 0.002 *
   Dyslipidemia with <365 days 163/1893 (8.61) 461/7572 (6.09) 1.36 (1.12–1.64) 0.002 * 1.53 (1.30–1.81) <0.001 *
   Dyslipidemia with ≥365 days 152/1893 (8.03) 523/7572 (6.91) 1.12 (0.92–1.35) 0.259 1.28 (1.08–1.51) 0.003 *
Dyslipidemia and Hydrophilic statin prescription
   Normal 1160/1893 (61.28) 4457/7572 (58.86) 1 1
   Dyslipidemia without Hydrophilic statin 607/1893 (32.07) 2698/7572 (35.63) 0.86 (0.78–0.96) 0.009 * 0.96 (0.87–1.05) 0.384
   Dyslipidemia with <365 days 85/1893 (4.49) 222/7572 (2.93) 1.47 (1.14–1.91) 0.003 * 1.64 (1.31–2.05) <0.001 *
   Dyslipidemia with ≥365 days 41/1893 (2.17) 195/7572 (2.58) 0.81 (0.57–1.14) 0.223 1.00 (0.77–1.32) 0.972

Abbreviations: CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; * Significance at p < 0.05. † Adjusted for age, sex, income, region of residence, diabetes history, CCI scores, and diabetes.