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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5043234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27686151
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep34268

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