title: Persistence with statin therapy in diabetic and non-diabetic persons: a nation-wide register study in 1995-2005 in Finland.
abstract: Persistence with statin therapy was studied among 562 598 new statin users in 1995-2005 in Finland. Discontinuation was most likely during the first year. Persons with diabetes (15.0% of initiators) were significantly more likely to continue statin therapy compared with person not having diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development and Therapeutics, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland. arja.helin-salmivaara@utu.fi
authors.forename: Arja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Helin-Salmivaara
authors.forename: Piia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lavikainen
authors.forename: Päivi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruokoniemi
authors.forename: Maarit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korhonen
authors.forename: Risto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huupponen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors