Are People Living With Dementia Receiving High Intensity Statin Therapy After Stroke? A Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

This Australian population-based study investigated statin intensity after hospitalization for ischemic stroke in a matched cohort of people living with and without dementia.

Methods

We identified all patients aged ≥ 30 years hospitalized in the state of Victoria, Australia, for ischemic stroke from July 1, 2013 to April 30, 2018 from the Victorian Admitted Episodes Data set. People with dementia were matched 1:4 for sex, 5-year age group and index date ± 90 days with people without dementia. Records of statin dispensing within 60 days postdischarge were extracted from prescription claims data. The intensity of the first postdischarge statin dispensing was determined. Odds ratios for high versus low-moderate intensity and no statin dispensing were estimat

SUBMITTER: Picton L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11540808 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature