Effect of Gender, Caregiver, on Cholesterol Control and Statin Use for Secondary Prevention Among Hospitalized Patients With Coronary Heart Disease
Women with coronary heart disease (CHD) are consistently less likely than men with CHD to be at low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol goals, and the reasons for the gender gap are not established. We studied 2,190 patients with CHD or equivalent (34% women, 42% racial/ethnic minority) who partic...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The American journal of cardiology 2012-12, Vol.110 (11), p.1613-1618 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Women with coronary heart disease (CHD) are consistently less likely than men with CHD to be at low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol goals, and the reasons for the gender gap are not established. We studied 2,190 patients with CHD or equivalent (34% women, 42% racial/ethnic minority) who participated in the Family Cardiac Caregiver Investigation to Evaluate Outcomes (FIT-O) Study and had baseline lipid data to determine whether having a paid or informal caregiver was independently associated with adherence to LDL cholesterol goals ( |
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ISSN: | 0002-9149 1879-1913 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.07.028 |