Dr Ting Cai: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- research fellow in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford
- Quoted on
- Heart disease & stroke
- Press citations held
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
“Serious muscle disorders are one of the most widely discussed concerns about statins, but our findings suggest that the risk is very low for the vast majority of people who may benefit from treatment. Understanding a person's risk can help put those concerns into perspective, support more informed treatment decisions and provide reassurance.”
What Dr Ting Cai has said
“Study lead Dr Ting Cai, research fellow in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford joins him to answer his questions about the future of this tool being used in consultations, as well as how it may affect management and monitoring of patients.”
research fellow in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford · Heart disease & stroke · 10 Sept 2026 · Why the new GPC chair says GPs need a ‘plan B’; and how a new tool predicts statin side-effect risk ↗
Where Dr Ting Cai has been quoted
- Risk calculator gives personalised prediction for statin muscle side effect riskpulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
- Why the new GPC chair says GPs need a ‘plan B’; and how a new tool predicts statin side-effect riskpulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
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