Under-utilization of statins among people with HIV who were aged 40 years or older

Pei-Ying Wu; Hsin-Yun Sun; Yu-Shan Huang; Wang-Da Liu; Kuan-Yin Lin; Yu-Zhen Luo; Hsi-Yen Chang; Ling-Ya Chen; Yi-Ting Chen; Chien-Ching Hung

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection (Feb 2024)

Under-utilization of statins among people with HIV who were aged 40 years or older

Pei-Ying Wu,
Hsin-Yun Sun,
Yu-Shan Huang,
Wang-Da Liu,
Kuan-Yin Lin,
Yu-Zhen Luo,
Hsi-Yen Chang,
Ling-Ya Chen,
Yi-Ting Chen,
Chien-Ching Hung

Affiliations

Pei-Ying Wu: Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Hsin-Yun Sun: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Yu-Shan Huang: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Wang-Da Liu: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Kuan-Yin Lin: Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Yu-Zhen Luo: Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Hsi-Yen Chang: Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Ling-Ya Chen: Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Yi-Ting Chen: Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Chien-Ching Hung: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin Branch, Yunlin, Taiwan; Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 57, no. 1
pp. 200 – 203

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From June 2022 to April 2023, 1629 HIV-positive participants were assessed for the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). The 10-year ASCVD risk of <5 %, 5 % to <7.5 %, ≥7.5 % to <20 % and ≥20 % were 59.9 %, 14.4 %, 20.7 % and 5.0 %, respectively; 440 (27.0 %) participants met the criteria for statin therapy, but only 171 (38.8 %) were prescribed statins.

Published in Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

ISSN: 1684-1182 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Hong Kong
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-microbiology-immunology-and-infection

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