Mefford MT, et al. - Researchers analyzed the trends in statin use among US adults aged ≥ 20 years with and without chronic kidney disease (CKD). For this purpose, they analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys from 1999–2002 through 2011–2014. They noted an increase in the percentage of adults taking statins between 1999–2002 and 2011–2014; this increase was 17.6% to 35.7% among those with CKD and from 6.8% to 14.7% among those without CKD. Those with CKD vs those without CKD were not more likely to be taking statins after multivariable adjustment. Among adults without a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), those with CKD but not diabetes were less likely to be taking statins vs those with diabetes but not CKD. Among adults with a history of CVD, there was no difference in statin use between those with CKD but not diabetes vs those with diabetes but not CKD. Overall, statin use among US adults did not appear to be majorly triggered by CKD.