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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 149-151Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3280125485
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lipid-lowering treatment statin treatment; treatment goals
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Background We assessed the extent to which the 1998 European guideline goals were reached among patients on statin treatment Design A cross-sectional study. Methods A total of 683 consecutive patients on statin treatment were recruited from 48 primary healthcare centres all over Sweden. Serum lipid levels and possible goal-reaching determinants were registered. Results The treatment goal for total cholesterol was met in 55% of patients and for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in 60% of patients. Male sex and a history of diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular disease increased the likelihood of meeting treatment goals. Conclusions More than half of statin-treated Swedish primary care patients reached the treatment goals.
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