脂質管理、LDL-C目標達成、処方習慣における性差
Natasha Vartak1, Caroline Ong1, Xueqi Huang2
1Northwell Health, Cardiovascular Institute, New Hyde Park, NY, USA (Drs Vartak, Ong, Weintraub, Parikh, Rosen, and Gianos).
Journal of clinical lipidology
|January 6, 2026
まとめ
女性は脂質管理において大きな格差に直面しており、男性よりも積極的な治療を受けられず、LDL-C目標達成率も低い。提供者の性別はこれらの脂質治療のギャップに影響を与えず、女性に対する標的介入の必要性を浮き彫りにしている。
科学分野:
- 心臓病学; 健康格差; 薬物療法
背景:
- 脂質低下は、アテローム性動脈硬化性心血管疾患(ASCVD)の罹患率と死亡率を低下させるために重要である。; ガイドラインで推奨される治療にもかかわらず、脂質管理における性差は依然として存在する。; 女性は積極的な治療を受けたり、最適な低密度リポタンパク質コレステロール(LDL-C)レベルを達成したりする可能性が低い。
研究 の 目的:
- 提供者の性別が脂質治療のギャップに影響を与えるかどうかを調査する。; 脂質管理とLDL-C目標達成における性差を分析する。
主な方法:
- 2022年から2023年までの364,021人の成人を対象とした後ろ向きチャートレビュー。; 電子カルテからの人口統計学的、臨床的、処方データの抽出。; ASCVDリスクに基づいた最適なLDL-Cの定義。
主要な成果:
- 女性は男性と比較して、平均LDL-C(108 vs 102 mg/dL)が高く、LDL-C <100 mg/dL達成率(41% vs 47%)が低かった。; ASCVDを有する者では、女性は男性(31% vs 47%)よりもLDL-C <70 mg/dL達成率が有意に低かった。; 女性は男性(26% vs 33%)よりもスタチン(26% vs 33%)、高強度スタチン(23% vs 31%)の処方率が低かった。提供者の性別は影響を示さなかった。
結論:
- ASCVDを有する、またはリスクのある女性は、脂質低下療法の処方率とLDL-C目標達成率が低いことを経験している。; 脂質管理における既存の性差には、標的介入が必要である。; 提供者の性別は、女性における脂質治療の観察された格差を説明するものではない。
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