Lipid Testing and Statin Prescriptions Among Medicaid Recipients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Diabetes Mellitus and the General Medicaid Population.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are similar to those in diabetes mellitus (DM). We investigated whether the numbers of lipid tests and statin prescriptions in patients with SLE are comparable with those in patients with DM and those in individuals without either disease.

Methods

Using Analytic eXtract files from 29 states for 2007-2010, we identified a cohort of US Medicaid beneficiaries, ages 18-65 years, with prevalent SLE. Each SLE patient was matched for age and sex with 2 patients with DM and 4 individuals in the general Medicaid population who did not have either SLE or DM. We compared the proportions of patients in each cohort who received ≥1 lipid test and ≥1 statin prescription during 1-year follow-up. We used multi

SUBMITTER: Chen SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6185821 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature