Ethnic differences in guideline-indicated statin initiation for people with type 2 diabetes in UK primary care, 2006-2019: A cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Type 2 diabetes is 2-3 times more prevalent in people of South Asian and African/African Caribbean ethnicity than people of European ethnicity living in the UK. The former 2 groups also experience excess atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) complications of d...

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Main Authors: Sophie V Eastwood, Rohini Mathur, Naveed Sattar, Liam Smeeth, Krishnan Bhaskaran, Nishi Chaturvedi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003672