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. 2007 Sep 20:6:25.
doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-6-25.

Trends in hyperlipidemia and hypertension management in type 2 diabetes patients from 1998-2004: a longitudinal observational study

Jacoba P Greving  1 , Petra Denig, Dick de Zeeuw, Henk J G Bilo, Flora M Haaijer-Ruskamp
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Trends in hyperlipidemia and hypertension management in type 2 diabetes patients from 1998-2004: a longitudinal observational study

Jacoba P Greving et al. Cardiovasc Diabetol. .

Abstract

Background: Lack of treatment initiation or intensification might explain why some patients with type 2 diabetes do not reach target goals. The objective is to assess trends in risk factor treatment, and identify determinants for medication adjustments in patients with uncontrolled hypertension and/or hyperlipidemia.

Methods: We conducted a cohort study using data from the Zwolle Outpatient Diabetes project Integrated Available Care (ZODIAC)-study in The Netherlands. Management of hypertension and hyperlipidemia was assessed yearly from 1998-2004 by measuring the percentage of patients receiving a treatment initiation or intensification among all patients with elevated risk factor levels. Generalized estimating equation analyses were performed.

Results: During the study period, the percentage of patients with an elevated total cholesterol/high-density lipoproteins ratio (>6) decreased considerably (from 29% to 4%) whereas the percentage of hypertensive patients decreased only slightly (>or= 150/85 mmHg; from 58% to 51%). Initiation of lipid-lowering therapy and intensification of antihypertensive therapy was higher in more recent years. However, still two-third of patients with insufficiently controlled blood pressure in 2003 did not receive an initiation or intensification of antihypertensive treatment in the following year. Treatment changes were mainly determined by elevated levels of the corresponding risk factor. We did not observe increased initiation rates for lipid-lowering therapy in patients with both hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

Conclusion: Hypertension and hyperlipidemia management in type 2 diabetes patients has improved in the past decade but further improvement is possible. Greater effort is needed to stimulate medication adjustments in patients with insufficiently controlled hypertension and combined risk factors.

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Figure 1
Trends in percentages of patients with elevated TC/HDL values and subsequent treatment modifications (1998–2004). TC, total cholesterol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.
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Figure 2
Percentage of patients in subgroups stratified by lipid and blood pressure levels initiated on lipid-lowering therapy. Black bars = lipid-lowering therapy recommended for most patients aged 50–70; grey bars = lipid-lowering therapy recommended for most smoking patients and males aged 60–70 years; white bars = lipid-lowering therapy seldom recommended. SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.
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Figure 3
Trends in percentages of patients with elevated blood pressure levels and subsequent treatment modifications (1998–2004).
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