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StanTheMan 261 posts

No, I did mean adults.

You said 40% of adult males (I’m assuming 18+) use hypertension medication and / or statins. Is that really true? For clarity, I’m not saying you are wrong, but it sounds double what I would expect.

That IS wrong. JDB might be confusing the current situation with a 2023 NICE report that suggested that around 40% of the UK adult population might benefit from taking statins. This would mean an extra 15 million people taking them vs currently if it was actioned. Currently the proportion of the adult male population taking statins is under 20%.

@The Savage Squirrel – my comment did not refer to statins alone. It referred to the proportion of the population taking statins and/or hypertension medication. Even allowing for the fact that some will be taking both, you will get to about 40%. The key point of this thread is that a very significant number of people would not be covered (for the blood pressure/statins alone) by the Amex Platinum as the OP discovered. Think of all the other pre-existing conditions. That’s a pretty important thing for anyone to know.

Potentially 40% of adults over 65/70 years of age. Quite clearly not 40% of all adults are taking these medications. Very Daily Mail of you.

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