Determinants of cholesterol goal attainment at 12 months in patients with hypercholesterolaemia not at consensus goal after 3 months of treatment with lipid-lowering drugs.
BACKGROUND
Less than half of patients in Scandinavian societies achieve target cholesterol values established by consensus coronary prevention panels.


RESULTS
Using logistic regression analysis, we determined that patients not at consensus cholesterol goals after 3 months of treatment using lipid-lowering medications were significantly more likely to achieve these goals at 12 months if they were treated with an active management strategy (changes in lipid-lowering therapy within 3 months), had a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, or initiated lipid-lowering more recently, compared with their counterparts without these factors.


CONCLUSIONS
An active management strategy is associated with a higher probability of achieving treatment goals in patients not at goal after 3 months following treatment initiation.
Lindgren
P
P
European Health Economics, Stockholm, Sweden. peter.lindgren@healtheconomics.se
Borgström
F
F
Stålhammar
J
J
Alemao
E
E
Jönsson
L
L
D000368:Aged; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013548:Sweden; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents