Management of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease in Lithuania: a Comparison with Other Central Eastern European Countries Based on Data From the International CLARIFY Registry
- 27.03.2020
- Original Research
Erschienen in:
- Verfasst von
- Jolita Badarienė
- Egidija Rinkūnienė
- Vytautas Kasiulevičius
- Giedrė Smaliukaitė
- Viktorija Selskaitė
- Jūratė Barysienė
- Vilma Dženkevičiūtė
- Erschienen in
- Advances in Therapy | Ausgabe 6/2020
Abstract
Introduction
Lithuania has one of the highest mortality rates from coronary heart disease (CHD) among European countries. Most CHD are preventable, but when they occur, the management of these patients is important in secondary prevention. The purpose of the present analysis was to describe the demographics, clinical profile, and contemporary management of patients with stable CHD in the Lithuanian population and to compare data with other Central Eastern European countries.
Methods
CLARIFY (prospective observational longitudinal registry of patients with stable CHD) is an international cohort study in outpatients with stable CHD. Treated outpatients with established CHD from the CLARIFY registry in Lithuania (214 patients) were compared with those from the rest of Central Eastern Europe (2794 patients).
Results
Lithuanian patients were younger (p = 0.0275), had a higher body mass index (p = 0.0003), and more frequently received treatment for hypertension (p < 0.0001). Prevalence of dyslipidemia (p < 0.0001) was higher in Lithuanian patients but a smaller group of people had diabetes (p < 0.0001). The total cholesterol (p < 0.0001), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (p < 0.0001), and blood pressure (p < 0.0001) were higher in the Lithuanian population. A smaller proportion of Lithuanian patients were physically inactive, and the majority of patients in Lithuania were engaged in light physical activity compared with Central Eastern European patients (p = 0.0018).
Conclusion
The data analysis shows that management of hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, and obesity in patients with CHD in Lithuania is insufficient and needs further improvement.
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- Titel
- Management of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease in Lithuania: a Comparison with Other Central Eastern European Countries Based on Data From the International CLARIFY Registry
- Verfasst von
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Jolita Badarienė
Egidija Rinkūnienė
Vytautas Kasiulevičius
Giedrė Smaliukaitė
Viktorija Selskaitė
Jūratė Barysienė
Vilma Dženkevičiūtė
- Publikationsdatum
- 27.03.2020
- Verlag
- Springer Healthcare
- Erschienen in
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Advances in Therapy / Ausgabe 6/2020
Print ISSN: 0741-238X
Elektronische ISSN: 1865-8652 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-020-01290-5
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