Estimating cholesterol treatment rates among individuals with multiple risk factors and without coronary heart disease
| Autor: | Jeffrey M. Melin, Larry Ma, Anthony Cimino, Pamela B. Landsman, Florence F. Vickers, Thomas A. Pearson, Charles M. Alexander, Soma S. Nag |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Hypercholesterolemia Coronary Disease Coronary disease Multiple risk factors chemistry.chemical_compound Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine Humans Lipoprotein cholesterol Retrospective Studies Ldl cholesterol business.industry Cholesterol Anticholesteremic Agents Retrospective cohort study Cholesterol LDL Middle Aged Coronary heart disease chemistry Cardiology lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of cardiology. 95(7) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9149 |
| Popis: | This retrospective study examined lipid-lowering therapy treatment rates from 2000 to 2001 using the Ingenix LabRx Database. Patients with multiple risk factors without coronary heart disease were identified based on the presence of/=2 of the following: men/=45 years, women/=55 years, hypertension, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol40 mg/dl, total cholesterol/=200 mg/dl, or obesity. Lipid treatment rates were estimated among those needing therapy (defined as low-density lipoprotein cholesterol/=130 mg/dl or currently receiving lipid-lowering therapy). The overall lipid-lowering therapy treatment rate was 38% and the estimated lipid treatment gap (percent needing treatment who were not receiving it) was 62%. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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