TY - JOUR
T1 - Low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment in dyslipidemic women
T2 - The Lipid Treatment Assessment Project (L-TAP) 2
AU - Santos, Raul D.
AU - Waters, David D.
AU - Tarasenko, Lisa
AU - Messig, Michael
AU - Jukema, J. Wouter
AU - Ferrières, Jean
AU - Verdejo, Juan
AU - Chiang, Cheng Wen
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - Background: Differences between women and men have been documented for both diagnostic testing and treatment in cardiology. This analysis evaluates whether low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) success rates according to current guidelines and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels differ by gender in the L-TAP 2 population. Methods: Patients aged ≥20 years with dyslipidemia on stable lipid-lowering therapy were assessed in 9 countries between September 2006 and April 2007. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment by cardiovascular risk level and region and determinants of low HDL-C were compared between genders. Results: Of 9,955 patients (45.3% women) evaluated, women had a significantly lower overall LDL-C success rate than men (71.5% vs 73.7%, P = .014), due entirely to the difference in the high-risk/coronary heart disease (CHD) group (LDL-C goal
AB - Background: Differences between women and men have been documented for both diagnostic testing and treatment in cardiology. This analysis evaluates whether low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) success rates according to current guidelines and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels differ by gender in the L-TAP 2 population. Methods: Patients aged ≥20 years with dyslipidemia on stable lipid-lowering therapy were assessed in 9 countries between September 2006 and April 2007. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment by cardiovascular risk level and region and determinants of low HDL-C were compared between genders. Results: Of 9,955 patients (45.3% women) evaluated, women had a significantly lower overall LDL-C success rate than men (71.5% vs 73.7%, P = .014), due entirely to the difference in the high-risk/coronary heart disease (CHD) group (LDL-C goal
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.08.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.08.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 19853709
AN - SCOPUS:70350233482
SN - 0002-8703
VL - 158
SP - 860
EP - 866
JO - American Heart Journal
JF - American Heart Journal
IS - 5
ER -