Initiation and Persistence to Statin Treatment in Patients with Diabetes Receiving Glucose-Lowering Medications 1997- 2006
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Initiation and Persistence to Statin Treatment in Patients with Diabetes Receiving Glucose-Lowering Medications 1997- 2006
AIMS Since 2001 guidelines recommend statin treatment in most patients with diabetes. We investigated secular changes in initiation and persistence to statin treatment during a 10-year period in a nationwide cohort of patients initiating glucose-lowering medication (GLM). METHODS All Danish citizens 30 years and older who claimed prescriptions of GLM between 1997 and 2006 were identified from...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1874-1924
DOI: 10.2174/1874192400903010152