The challenge of multiple cardiovascular risk factor control outside Western Europe: Findings from the International ChoLesterol management Practice Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Comprehensive control of multiple cardiovascular risk factors reduces cardiovascular risk but is difficult to achieve.

Design

A multinational, cross-sectional, observational study.

Methods

The International ChoLesterol management Practice Study (ICLPS) investigated achievement of European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) guideline low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) targets in patients receiving lipid-modifying therapy in countries outside Western Europe. We examined the rate of, and association between, control of multiple risk factors in ICLPS participants with dyslipidaemia, diabetes and hypertension (N = 2377).

Results

Mean (standard deviation) age of patients was 61.4 (10.4) years; 51.3% were male. Type

SUBMITTER: Blom DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7457454 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature