Research Letter

Measuring Public Preferences for Statin Therapy Using the Smallest Worthwhile Difference

JAMA Internal Medicine 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.7958

February 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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This survey study uses the smallest worthwhile difference to assess US and Japanese individuals’ willingness to take statins based on expected risk-reduction benefits and burden.

Corresponding Author: Yan Luo, MD, PhD, Department of Next-Generation Organ Transplantation, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan (luoy-sur@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp).

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