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Observational studyMedicine2017

LDL-cholesterol goal attainment under persistent lipid-lowering therapy in northeast China: Subgroup analysis of the dyslipidemia international study of China (DYSIS-China).

Wen Zheng, Yu-Jiao Zhang, Xiang-Ting Bu, Xin-Zhu Guo, Da-Yi Hu, Zhan-Quan Li, Jian Sun

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Observational study in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Wen ZhengaEmergency & Critical Care Center, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University bInternal Medicine Department, China-Japan Friendship Hospital cDepartment of Cardiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing dDepartment of Cardiology, the People's Hospital of Liaoning Province, Shenyang eDepartment of Cardiology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Yu-Jiao Zhang
Xiang-Ting Bu
Xin-Zhu Guo
Da-Yi Hu
Zhan-Quan Li
Jian Sun
Beijing Anzhen Hospital · CNChina-Japan Friendship Hospital · CNJilin University · CNLiaoning Provincial People's Hospital · CNPeking University People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipid-lowering therapy with statins reduces the risk of cardiovascular events, but the efficacy of persistent treatment in a real-world setting may vary from regions. Routine lipid-lowering therapy in the region with a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease may lead to more failures of goal attainment. We therefore performed a study to observe different lipid-lowering strategies in northeast (NE) China with respect to low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction and goal attainments.A cross-sectional study (DYSIS-China) was conducted in 2012, involving 25,317 patients from 122 centers across China who were diagnosed with hyperlipidemia and treated with lipid-lowering therapy for at least 3 months. Of these patients, 4559 (18.0%) were assigned to the NE group according to their residential zones.Patients in the NE group tended to be younger, female, overweight, and had more comorbidities and higher blood lipid levels than those in the non-NE group (P < .001). The goal attainment for LDL-C in NE was lower than non-NE (45.3% vs 65.1%, P < .001), and especially lower in high (NE vs non-NE, 38.5% vs 58.6%) and very high (NE vs non-NE, 22.6% vs 43.7%) risk patients. The proportion of high intensity statin was lower in NE than non-NE, and the proportion of combination therapy was similar (∼2%). However, the goal attainment did not increase after administering higher dosages of statins in 2 groups. Logistic regression analysis identified diabetes mellitus (DM), coronary heart disease (CHD), cerebrovascular disease (CBD), being female, body mass index (BMI) >24 kg/m, drinking alcohol, smoking, and being residence in NE China as independent predictors of LDL-C attainment.Despite having received persistent lipid-lowering treatments, the current situation of dyslipidemia patients in NE China is unsatisfactory. The main treatment gap might be related to the choice of statin and effective combination therapy and the control of comorbidities and obesity, especially for high-risk patients.

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AgedChinaCholesterol, LDLDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsHypercholesterolemiaMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeCholesterol, LDLHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors

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PMID29145263
PMCPMC5704808
OpenAlexW2770706667

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