“Although rates of statin prescription have been steadily increasing over time, the rate of growth over the past decade has been slow, and there remains a significant gap in treatment rates,” wrote Dr. Bucholz and her colleagues. “Younger and uninsured adults with severe dyslipidemia in addition to those without a usual source of care are significantly less likely to be prescribed statins, highlighting the need for community-based interventions to target these adults with limited access to care.”
Apart from Sarah de Ferranti, MD, who receives research funding and royalties related to pediatric cardiology, no other authors had an relevant financial disclosures to report.
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SOURCE: Bucholz EM et al. Circulation. 2018 Mar 23. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032321.