Abstract
Response: Dr Mascitelli and colleagues indicate that our exploratory analysis of the relative effects of high dose atorvastatin on secondary stroke prevention in men and women1 did not mention an increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke with treatment. The stroke outcomes included all strokes (ischemic and hemorrhagic). It is not appropriate to perform analyses of subgroups of subgroups.2 Caution must always be used when conducting exploratory analyses.3 In this report, we appropriately tested for statistical interactions between treatment and gender for the SPARCL prespecified primary and secondary end points and found no statistical heterogeneity in the benefit of treatment. In …
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