Impact of Guideline-Directed Statin Prescriptions on Cardiovascular Outcomes by Race in a Real-World Primary Prevention Cohort
Statins remain underprescribed. Although Black patients received proportionally less statin prescription than White patients, this was not associated with higher risk of mortality in Black patients.
Authors
- Pallavi Muluk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0808-9473)
- Oscar C. Marroquin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0909-0319)
- Floyd Thoma
- Anum Saeed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1783-678X)
- Suresh Mulukutla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5060-429X)
- Malamo Countouris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2535-0309)
- Gul J. Saeed
- Mahmoud Al Rifai
- Amber E. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1252-0735)
- Jianhui Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6066-0121)
- Anson J. Conrad Smith
- Eli J Hay
Institutions
- Houston Methodist (US)
- Roger Williams Medical Center (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- UPMC Health System (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JACC Advances
- Published
- 2024-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101231
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.15