Journal article
Gender Differences in Achieving Optimal Lipid Goals in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
The American journal of cardiology, v 113(10), pp 1611-1615
15 May 2014
PMID: 24698458
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Abstract
To investigate gender differences in lipid goal attainment, we conducted a retrospective analysis of outpatient electronic health records from a large cardiology practice from September 2008 to September 2009. The most recent lipid profile and lipid-lowering medications and doses were extracted from electronic medical record. We identified 9,950 patients with coronary artery disease of whom 3,366 (34%) were women. Women were less likely to achieve a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol goal of <70 mg/dl compared with men (30.6% vs 38.4%, p <0.001) and less likely to achieve a non high-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal of <100 mg/dl (37.1% vs 48.2%, p <0.001). Irrespective of age, women were less likely to achieve their LDL cholesterol goals. Compared with men, women were more likely to be on no statin (16.9% vs 11.6%, p <0.001) or any lipid-lowering therapy (12.8% vs 7.8%, p <0.001) and less likely to be on high-potency statin (14.9% vs 18.0%, p <0.001) or combination therapy (22.2% vs 30.1%, p <0.001). There exists a major difference in the use of lipid-lowering therapy between men and women with coronary artery disease. In conclusion, women with coronary artery disease are prescribed insufficient doses of statins and combination lipid-lowering therapy and are less likely to achieve their optimal LDL and non high-density lipoprotein cholesterol goals. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Gender Differences in Achieving Optimal Lipid Goals in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
- Creators
- Brett M. Victor - University of Pennsylvania Health SystemValerie Teal - University of PennsylvaniaLilian Ahedor - Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest HospitalDean G. Karalis - University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Publication Details
- The American journal of cardiology, v 113(10), pp 1611-1615
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 5
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000336339600004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84899944811
- Other Identifier
- 991019348979604721
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