%0 Journal Article
%T Effectiveness and prescription pattern of lipid-lowering therapy and its associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Malaysian primary care settings
%A Azarisman Shah Mohd Shah
%A Hasniza Zaman Huri
%A Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed
%A Mohamed Hassan Elnaem
%J Archive of "Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management".
%D 2019
%R 10.2147/TCRM.S182716
%X Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the main complication leading to morbidity and mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). There is a large amount of evidence to support the use of lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) for the prevention of CVD. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness and prescription quality of LLT among T2DM patients and to identify its associated factors
%K primary care
%K statin therapy
%K diabetes
%K dyslipidemia
%K Malaysia
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6342220/