New Guidelines Just Made 21.5 Million More Americans…

New Guidelines Just Made 21.5 Million More Americans Eligible for Statins, Here's Who's Affected A new dyslipidemia guideline from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and multiple partner societies has significantly expanded who qualifies for statin therapy in the United States. A new study published in JAMA quantifies exactly how large that expansion actually is. The study: Researchers analysed a nationally representative sample of 4,366 adults aged 30 to 79, drawn from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, representing roughly 154.5 million US adults without known cardiovascular disease. They compared statin eligibility under the new 2026 guideline against the previous 2018 guideline. The headline number: Under the 2026 guideline, an estimated 87.5 million US adults, 56.6% of the studied population, are now eligible for sta