Population
4,778 outpatients with coronary heart disease (CHD) from 52 centers in 6 Chinese cities
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Suboptimal LDL-C attainment despite statins should not yet alter practice; leaves open whether intensified strategies close gaps in high-risk CHD outpatients.
Despite high rates of statin prescription, a significant gap remains in achieving guideline-directed LDL-C targets among Chinese outpatients with CHD, highlighting a need for more aggressive lipid-lowering management.
Li et al. (2009) studied this question.
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