Originally Posted by GeorgeBMac

You would be hard pressed to find a cardiologist in America who would agree with you that statins have little or no affect on mortality and morbidity -- unless you limit the population to those who have no risk factors.

Numerous studies (and I have not kept track of them) have shown that as LDL increases, the chances of a heart attack increase as well. They also show a benefit from lowering elevated LDL for those with risk factors - but not a guarantee. The main risk factors are: