[Use of statins for preventing cardiovascular and renal outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease excluding dialysis: guideline from the Italian Society of Nephrology].

The current 3rd edition of the Italian Society of Nephrology guidelines has been drawn up to summarize evidence of key intervention issues on the basis of systematic reviews (SR) of randomized trials (RCT) or RCT data only. In the present guideline, evidence of the efficacy of statins in chronic kidney disease patients (CKD, non-dialysis patients) is presented.