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Demographic Predictors of Elevated LDL Cholesterol in Type 1 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study
Marina E Dart1, James T Patrie2, Kaitlin M Love1
1Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Abstract:
How effectively preventable cardiovascular disease risk factors such as elevated LDL cholesterol are being mitigated in a real-world U.S. type 1 diabetes population is not well understood, and the demographic factors that are independently associated with elevated LDL cholesterol in this population are not well defined. More than one-third of older adult patients with type 1 diabetes in this real-world database had elevated LDL cholesterol. Female sex, Medicaid insurance, and younger age were independently associated with elevated LDL cholesterol.
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