Disparities in Guideline-Recommended Statin Use for Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender : A Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Analysis of Adults in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although statins are a class I recommendation for prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and its complications, their use is suboptimal. Differential underuse may mediate disparities in cardiovascular health for systematically marginalized persons.

Objective

To estimate disparities in statin use by race-ethnicity-gender and to determine whether these potential disparities are explained by medical appropriateness of therapy and structural factors.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis.

Setting

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2015 to 2020.

Participants

Persons eligible for statin therapy based on 2013 and 2018 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association blood cholesterol guidelines.

Measurements

SUBMITTER: Frank DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804313 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature