LDL-cholesterol trajectories and statin treatment in Finnish type 2 diabetes patients: a growth mixture model
Abstract We aimed to identify distinct longitudinal trends of LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and investigate these trajectories’ association with statin treatment. This retrospective cohort study used electronic health records from 8592 type 2 diabetes patients in North Karelia, Finland, comprising...
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crspringernat:10.1038/s41598-021-02077-6 2023-05-15T17:00:20+02:00 LDL-cholesterol trajectories and statin treatment in Finnish type 2 diabetes patients: a growth mixture model Inglin, Laura Lavikainen, Piia Jalkanen, Kari Laatikainen, Tiina Strategic Research Council of the Academy of Finland Diabetesliitto Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02077-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02077-6.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02077-6 en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Scientific Reports volume 11, issue 1 ISSN 2045-2322 Multidisciplinary journal-article 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02077-6 2022-01-04T16:42:54Z Abstract We aimed to identify distinct longitudinal trends of LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and investigate these trajectories’ association with statin treatment. This retrospective cohort study used electronic health records from 8592 type 2 diabetes patients in North Karelia, Finland, comprising all primary and specialised care visits 2011‒2017. We compared LDL-C trajectory groups assessing LDL-C treatment target achievement and changes in statin treatment intensity. Using a growth mixture model, we identified four LDL-C trajectory groups. The majority (85.9%) had “moderate-stable” LDL-C levels around 2.3 mmol/L. The second-largest group (7.7%) consisted of predominantly untreated patients with alarmingly “high-stable” LDL-C levels around 3.9 mmol/L. The “decreasing” group (3.8%) was characterised by large improvements in initially very high LDL-C levels, along with the highest statin treatment intensification rates, while among patients with “increasing” LDL-C (2.5%), statin treatment declined drastically. In all the trajectory groups, women had significantly higher average LDL-C levels and received less frequent any statin treatment and high-intensity treatment than men. Overall, 41.9% of patients had no statin prescribed at the end of follow-up. Efforts to control LDL-C should be increased—especially in patients with continuously elevated levels—by initiating and intensifying statin treatment earlier and re-initiating the treatment after discontinuation if possible. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* Springer Nature (via Crossref) Scientific Reports 11 1 |
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Abstract We aimed to identify distinct longitudinal trends of LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and investigate these trajectories’ association with statin treatment. This retrospective cohort study used electronic health records from 8592 type 2 diabetes patients in North Karelia, Finland, comprising all primary and specialised care visits 2011‒2017. We compared LDL-C trajectory groups assessing LDL-C treatment target achievement and changes in statin treatment intensity. Using a growth mixture model, we identified four LDL-C trajectory groups. The majority (85.9%) had “moderate-stable” LDL-C levels around 2.3 mmol/L. The second-largest group (7.7%) consisted of predominantly untreated patients with alarmingly “high-stable” LDL-C levels around 3.9 mmol/L. The “decreasing” group (3.8%) was characterised by large improvements in initially very high LDL-C levels, along with the highest statin treatment intensification rates, while among patients with “increasing” LDL-C (2.5%), statin treatment declined drastically. In all the trajectory groups, women had significantly higher average LDL-C levels and received less frequent any statin treatment and high-intensity treatment than men. Overall, 41.9% of patients had no statin prescribed at the end of follow-up. Efforts to control LDL-C should be increased—especially in patients with continuously elevated levels—by initiating and intensifying statin treatment earlier and re-initiating the treatment after discontinuation if possible. |
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Strategic Research Council of the Academy of Finland Diabetesliitto Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding |
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LDL-cholesterol trajectories and statin treatment in Finnish type 2 diabetes patients: a growth mixture model |
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LDL-cholesterol trajectories and statin treatment in Finnish type 2 diabetes patients: a growth mixture model |
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LDL-cholesterol trajectories and statin treatment in Finnish type 2 diabetes patients: a growth mixture model |
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LDL-cholesterol trajectories and statin treatment in Finnish type 2 diabetes patients: a growth mixture model |
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