Statins Decrease the Risk of Orbitopathy in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Graves Disease

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 106, Issue 5, May 2021, Pages 1325–1332, https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgab070

Published: 09 February 2021

 

Abstract

Context/objective

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of statins and other lipid-lowering agents on the development of Graves orbitopathy (GO) in patients with newly diagnosed Graves disease (GD).

Methods