Statins are related to impaired exercise capacity in males but not females

Martin Bahls; Stefan Groß; Till Ittermann; Raila Busch; Sven Gläser; Ralf Ewert; Henry Völzke; Stephan B. Felix; Marcus Dörr

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179534

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Statins are related to impaired exercise capacity in males but not females

Martin Bahls ,

* E-mail: martin.bahls@uni-greifswald.de

Affiliations University Medicine Greifswald, Department of Internal Medicine B, Greifswald, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2016-5852

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Stefan Groß,

Affiliations University Medicine Greifswald, Department of Internal Medicine B, Greifswald, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Till Ittermann,

Affiliations DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, University of Greifswald, Institute for Community Medicine, Greifswald, Germany
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Raila Busch,

Affiliations University Medicine Greifswald, Department of Internal Medicine B, Greifswald, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Sven Gläser,

Affiliation University Medicine Greifswald, Department of Internal Medicine B, Greifswald, Germany
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Ralf Ewert,

Affiliation University Medicine Greifswald, Department of Internal Medicine B, Greifswald, Germany
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Henry Völzke,

Affiliations DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, University of Greifswald, Institute for Community Medicine, Greifswald, Germany
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Stephan B. Felix,

Affiliations University Medicine Greifswald, Department of Internal Medicine B, Greifswald, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Marcus Dörr

Affiliations University Medicine Greifswald, Department of Internal Medicine B, Greifswald, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Statins are related to impaired exercise capacity in males but not females

Martin Bahls,
Stefan Groß,
Till Ittermann,
Raila Busch,
Sven Gläser,
Ralf Ewert,
Henry Völzke,
Stephan B. Felix,
Marcus Dörr

Published: June 15, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179534

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