Lipid control and use of lipid-regulating drugs for prevention of cardiovascular events in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients: a prospective cohort study - Concepedia

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Lipid control and use of lipid-regulating drugs for prevention of cardiovascular events in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients: a prospective cohort study

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2010

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Rose Z.W. Ting, Xilin Yang, Linda W. Yu, Andrea O. Y. Luk, Alice PS Kong, Peter C.Y. Tong, Wing‐Yee So, Juliana C.N. Chan, Ronald C.W.

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Abstract

In Chinese type 2 diabetic patients, high LDL-cholesterol and low HDL-cholesterol predicted incident CVD. Overall, patients treated with statins had 40-50% risk reduction in CVD compared to non-users.

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