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Guideline-adherent therapy in patients with cardiovascular diseases in Taiwan
- Source :
- Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, Vol 114, Iss 10, Pp 1000-1007 (2015)
- Publisher :
- Published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
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Abstract
- Background/PurposeAggressive and persistent control of risk factors is recommended for prevention of secondary comorbidities in patients with cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to evaluate guideline recommendations for achieving targets for lipid and blood pressure (BP) control in patients with cardiovascular diseases in Taiwan.MethodsThis multicenter cohort study was conducted in 14 hospitals in Taiwan. A total of 3316 outpatients who had established cerebrovascular disease (CVD), coronary artery disease (CAD), or both were recruited. Risk factors for comorbid conditions such as high BP, sugar, hemoglobin A1C, abnormal lipids, lipoproteins, and medication use were compared between patients with CVD, CAD, or both.ResultsOf all patients, 503 (15.2%) had CVD only, 2568 (77.4%) had CAD only, and 245 (7.4%) had both CVD and CAD. Compared with patients who had only CAD, those with CVD were older, had higher frequency of hypertension, and lower frequency of diabetes mellitus. Patients with CAD were more likely to receive lipid-lowering and antihypertensive drugs than those with CVD (p
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
hypertension
Taiwan
Blood Pressure
Comorbidity
Cohort Studies
Coronary artery disease
lipids
Risk Factors
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
Humans
Medicine
In patient
cardiovascular diseases
adherence
Antihypertensive Agents
Aged
Medicine(all)
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Medication use
business.industry
General Medicine
Guideline
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
cerebrovascular disease
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Logistic Models
Blood pressure
Hemoglobin A
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Cardiology
Female
Guideline Adherence
lcsh:Medicine (General)
business
coronary artery disease
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09296646
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....44ea8e430f25861077e3ac14c59d84eb
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2013.10.007