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. 2017 Mar 1;24(3):338-345.
doi: 10.5551/jat.36004. Epub 2016 Aug 29.

Lipid Management in a Japanese Community:Attainment Rate of Target Set by the Japan Atherosclerosis Society Guidelines for the Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases 2012

Hayato Tada  1 , Masa-Aki Kawashiri, Atsushi Nohara, Akihiro Inazu, Junji Kobayashi, Kenji Yasuda, Hiroshi Mabuchi, Masakazu Yamagishi, Kenshi Hayashi
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Lipid Management in a Japanese Community:Attainment Rate of Target Set by the Japan Atherosclerosis Society Guidelines for the Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases 2012

Hayato Tada et al. J Atheroscler Thromb. .

Abstract

Aim: The Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS) guidelines for the prevention of atherosclerotic diseases 2012 (JAS2012) proposed lipid management targets; however, less data is available regarding the attainment rates of each target in community-based settings. Therefore, we assessed the attainment rates of lipid management targets among subjects who underwent Japanese specific health checkups.

Methods: A total of 85,716 subjects (male=29,282, 34.2%) aged 40-74 years who underwent specific health checkups from 2012 to 2014 in Kanazawa city, Japan, were included in this study. We evaluated the attainment rates of the lipid management targets according to the JAS2012 guideline and investigated the clinical characteristics of the subjects without achieving the targets.

Results: The target for LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) was the least attained in all risk categories, 89, 72, 50, and 34% for category I, II, III, and secondary prevention, respectively, in 2014. In addition, these rates inversely correlated with the grade of risk categories (p-value for trends ＜0.001). Attainment rate of the LDL-C target in the suspected chronic kidney disease (CKD) group was significantly lower than in the groups with diabetes, stroke, or absolute risk in category III (49.2, 60.3, 63.5, 54.4%, respectively, p-value ＜0.001 for each). Moreover, the attainment rate of the LDL-C target was significantly lower in subjects that did not receive lipid-lowering therapy than in those who received it in the secondary prevention (27.7 and 40.6%, respectively, p-value ＜0.001).

Conclusions: Lipid management is inadequate in community-based settings, particularly, in subjects with CKD and secondary prevention.

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Conflict of interest statement

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Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Attainment rates for lipid management targets (2012) Light blue: LDL-C, Orange: HDL-C, Gray: TG, Yellow: Non-HDL-C, Blue: All
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Attainment rates for lipid management targets (2013) Light blue: LDL-C, Orange: HDL-C, Gray: TG, Yellow: Non-HDL-C, Blue: All
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Attainment rates for lipid management targets (2014) Light blue: LDL-C, Orange: HDL-C, Gray: TG, Yellow: Non-HDL-C, Blue: All
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