Sex Differences in the Use of Statins in Community Practice Patient and Provider Assessment of Lipid Management Registry
Sex Differences in the Use of Statins in Community Practice Patient and Provider Assessment of Lipid Management Registry
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DOI:
10.1161/circoutcomes.118.005562
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发表时间:
2019-08-01
影响因子:
6.9
通讯作者:
Navar, Ann Marie
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作者:
Nanna, Michael G.;Wang, Tracy Y.;Navar, Ann Marie
Background: Female patients have historically received less aggressive lipid management than male patients. Contemporary care patterns and the potential causes for these differences are unknown. Methods and Results: Examining the Patient and Provider Assessment of Lipid Management Registry-a nationwide registry of outpatients with or at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease-we compared the use of statin therapy, guideline-recommended statin dosing, and reasons for undertreatment. We specifically analyzed sex differences in statin treatment and guideline-recommended statin dosing using multivariable logistic regression. Among 5693 participants (43% women) eligible for 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cholesterol Guideline-recommended statin treatment, women were less likely than men to be prescribed any statin therapy (67.0% versus 78.4%; P