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Drivers of the Sex Disparity in Statin Therapy in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Cohort Study
BACKGROUND: Women are less likely to be prescribed statins than men. Existing reports explain only a fraction of this difference. We conducted a study to identify factors that account for sex differences in statin therapy among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS AND RESULTS: We ret...
Autores principales: | Zhang, Huabing, Plutzky, Jorge, Shubina, Maria, Turchin, Alexander |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4858152/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27148965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155228 |
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