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Determinants of cho...
Determinants of cholesterol goal attainment at 12 months in patients with hypercholesterolaemia not at consensus goal after 3 months of treatment with lipid-lowering drugs
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- Lindgren, P (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Borgström, F (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Stålhammar, Jan (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Allmänmedicin och klinisk epidemiologi
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Alemao, E (författare)
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- Jönsson, L (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- 2007-07-10
- 2007
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: International journal of clinical practice (Esher). - : Hindawi Limited. - 1368-5031 .- 1742-1241. ; 61:8, s. 1410-1414
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Abstract
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- Background: Less than half of patients in Scandinavian societies achieve target cholesterol values established by consensus coronary prevention panels. Methods and results: Using logistic regression analysis, we determined that patients not at consensus cholesterol goals after 3 months of treatment using lipid-lowering medications were significantly more likely to achieve these goals at 12 months if they were treated with an active management strategy (changes in lipid-lowering therapy within 3 months), had a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, or initiated lipid-lowering more recently, compared with their counterparts without these factors. Conclusion: An active management strategy is associated with a higher probability of achieving treatment goals in patients not at goal after 3 months following treatment initiation.
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- Aged
- Antilipemic Agents/*therapeutic use
- Cholesterol; LDL/*blood
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Hypercholesterolemia/*drug therapy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Regression Analysis
- Retrospective Studies
- Sweden
- Time Factors
- Treatment Outcome
- MEDICINE
- MEDICIN
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