Comparison of Medical Care Utilization and Costs Among Patients With Statin-Controlled Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol With Versus Without Hypertriglyceridemia

High triglyceride (TG) levels are associated with higher medical costs, but the long-term impact of high TG on costs among patients with statin-controlled low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is unclear. We compared medical utilization and costs over 6.5years between patients with high (200 t...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2018-10, Vol.122 (7), p.1128-1132
Main Authors: Nichols, Gregory A., Philip, Sephy, Reynolds, Kristi, Granowitz, Craig B., O'Keeffe-Rosetti, Maureen, Fazio, Sergio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aged
Arteriosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
Blood pressure
California
Cardiovascular diseases
Cholesterol
Cholesterol, LDL - drug effects
Coronary Artery Disease - drug therapy
Costs
Density
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Ethnicity
Female
Generalized linear models
Health Care Costs
Health services
Heart failure
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - economics
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use
Hypertension
Hypertriglyceridemia
Hypertriglyceridemia - drug therapy
Kidney diseases
Kidneys
Longitudinal Studies
Low density lipoprotein
Male
Middle Aged
Patients
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmacy
Statins
Surgery
Triglycerides
Utilization
Utilization Review
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Summary:High triglyceride (TG) levels are associated with higher medical costs, but the long-term impact of high TG on costs among patients with statin-controlled low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is unclear. We compared medical utilization and costs over 6.5years between patients with high (200 to 400 mg/dl) versus normal (
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.06.029