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Statins have an anti-inflammatory effect too as they will lower your risk of MI (heart attack) from day 1, before your cholesterol starts to fall.Heart attack rates in western society only climbed when ultra-processed diets became normal. Every country that sees such dietary change sees a big rise in heart attacks at the same time. indigenous peoples who still live on diets very high in animal products and do not eat western processed foods have incredibly low heart attack rates.
Draw your own conclusions.
One theory as I stated is that until antibiotics and vaccinations came along in the 50's there was a huge burden of infection leading to low grade ill health. Most people did not live long enough to die of heart disease then there was a huge baby boom post WW1 who were living longer by the 60s and 70s, eating poor diet and taking a lot less exercise.
The graph started to fall as diet improved again and the childhood infections of those born post WW2 faded.