Impact of cardiologist intervention on guideline-directed use of statin therapy

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World Journal of Cardiology

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Retrospective Cohort Study

World J Cardiol. Aug 26, 2020; 12(8): 419-426
Published online Aug 26, 2020. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v12.i8.419

Table 1 Patient Clinic demographics, n = 268, n (%)

Patient characteristics	Data
Age (yr), mean	56 (± 10.65, SD)
Sex
Male	118 (44)
Female	150 (56)
Race
White	180 (67.2)
Black	60 (22.2)
Other	28 (10.4)
Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latin-o,-a	151 (56.3)
Smoker
Never	184 (68.7)
Former	48 (17.9)
Current	34 (12.7)
Unknown	2 (0.7)
ASCVD	38 (14.2)
mean ASCVD score	12.1%
Diabetes	177 (66)
Hypertension	171 (63.8)
Statin prescribed	149 (55)
Low	11 (4.1)
Moderate	82 (30.6)
High	56 (20.9)
Clinical laboratory profile
TC (mg/dL), mean	200.63 (46.7, SD)
LDL-C (mg/dL), mean	121.08 (36.9, SD)
HDL-C (mg/dL), mean	51.17 (15.2, SD)
SBP (mmHg), mean	132 (19.2, SD)

TC: Total cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: High density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP: Systolic blood pressure.

Citation: Cassagnol M, Hai O, Sherali SA, D’Angelo K, Bass D, Zeltser R, Makaryus AN. Impact of cardiologist intervention on guideline-directed use of statin therapy. World J Cardiol 2020; 12(8): 419-426
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8462/full/v12/i8/419.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v12.i8.419

Cassagnol M, Hai O, Sherali SA, D’Angelo K, Bass D, Zeltser R, Makaryus AN. Impact of cardiologist intervention on guideline-directed use of statin therapy. World J Cardiol 2020; 12(8): 419-426 [PMID: 32879704 DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v12.i8.419]

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