Higher prevalence of elevated LDL-C than non-HDL-C and low statin treatment rate in elderly community-dwelling Chinese with high cardiovascular risk

Higher prevalence of elevated LDL-C than non-HDL-C and low statin treatment rate in elderly community-dwelling Chinese with high cardiovascular risk

Lipid levels are increasing in all age groups in the Chinese population, but the use of statin treatment in the elderly is not well documented. We examined serum lipids, statin usage and achievement of lipid goals in 3950 subjects aged ≥65 years. Established CVD was present in 7.77% of participants...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scientific reports 2016-09, Vol.6 (1), p.34268-34268, Article 34268
Hauptverfasser: Kuang, YaShu, Li, Xiaolin, Chen, Xiaoli, Sun, Huimin, Tomlinson, Brian, Chan, Paul, Zheng, Liang, Pi, Jinjiang, Peng, Sheng, Wu, Hong, Ding, Xugang, Qian, Dingguang, Shen, Yixin, Yu, Zuoren, Fan, Lieying, Chen, Ming, Fan, Huimin, Liu, Zhongmin, Zhang, Yuzhen
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Sprache:eng
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Cardiovascular diseases
Diabetes mellitus
Geriatrics
High density lipoprotein
Humanities and Social Sciences
Lipids
Lipoproteins (very low density)
Low density lipoprotein
multidisciplinary
Risk groups
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Serum lipids
Statins
Triglycerides
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Zusammenfassung:Lipid levels are increasing in all age groups in the Chinese population, but the use of statin treatment in the elderly is not well documented. We examined serum lipids, statin usage and achievement of lipid goals in 3950 subjects aged ≥65 years. Established CVD was present in 7.77% of participants and increased CVD risk was common. Elevated LDL-C according to CVD risk level was present in 46.70% of all subjects and was more frequent (p 
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/srep34268