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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

New Male Users of Lipid-Lowering Drugs for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: The Impact of Treatment Persistence on Morbimortality. A Longitudinal Study.

Isabel Aguilar-Palacio, María José Rabanaque, Lina Maldonado, Armando Chaure, José María Abad-Díez, Montse León-Latre, José Antonio Casasnovas, Sara Malo

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Isabel Aguilar-PalacioDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7293-701X
María José RabanaqueDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
Lina MaldonadoDepartment of Economic Structure, Economic History and Public Economics, University of Zaragoza, 50005 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1647-3462
Armando ChaureGRISSA Research Group, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
José María Abad-DíezGRISSA Research Group, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
Montse León-LatreFundación Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
José Antonio CasasnovasFundación Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9887-2629
Sara MaloDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7194-8275
Universidad de Zaragoza · ESCentro de Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares · ESInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón · ESServicio Aragonés de Salud · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyse persistence to lipid-lowering drug use for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a new users cohort, to explore all-cause and cardiovascular related morbidity, comorbidity and mortality in this group and, finally, to study the relationship between persistence and morbimortality. We selected subjects who started lipid-lowering treatment for primary prevention of CVD between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2017 (N = 1424), and classified them as treatment-persistent or -nonpersistent. Bivariate analyses were performed to compare sociodemographic and clinical variables, morbimortality and time to event between groups. The association between morbidities was explored using comorbidity network analysis. The effect of persistence was analysed using logistic regression and Cox survival analyses. Only 38.7% of users were persistent with treatment. Persistent and nonpersistent users had similar sociodemographic and clinical profiles, although differed in age, smoking status, and glycemia. Comorbidity networks revealed that the number of co-occurring diagnoses was higher in nonpersistent than persistent users. Adjusted analyses indicated a protective effect of treatment persistence, especially against major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), but this effect was not statistically significant. Observational studies are crucial to characterize real-world effectiveness.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesHypolipidemic AgentsPharmaceutical PreparationsHumansLipidsLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPrimary PreventionHypolipidemic AgentsLipidsPharmaceutical Preparationslipid-lowering drugsmajor adverse cardiovascular eventpersistence

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PMCPMC7593937
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