Drivers of the Sex Disparity in Statin Therapy in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND:Women are less likely to be prescribed statins than men. Existing reports explain only a fraction of this difference. We conducted a study to identify factors that account for sex differences in statin therapy among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS AND RESULTS:We retro...

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Main Authors: Huabing Zhang, Jorge Plutzky, Maria Shubina, Alexander Turchin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4858152?pdf=render