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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Mar 26;61(12):1250–1258. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.034

Figure 2. Price Sensitivity Analysis – Cost-effectiveness at Different Statin Prices.

Figure 2

Treatment effect for Pravastatin (RR 0.8) obtained from a meta-analysis of statin trials in patients with CKD, weighted heavily by the Pravastatin Pooling Project.(11) Treatment effect for Rosuvastatin obtained from an analysis of the CKD population from the Jupiter Trial in patients with high CRP(7). $4 per month prices obtained from Wal-Mart Retail Prescription Drug Program List (24) are comparable to those paid by Veterans Affairs facilities (25) while remaining prices are average retail prices obtained from consumer reports(37).