Medication adherence among persons with coronary heart disease and associations with blood pressure and low-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol.

Elisabeth PedersenRaul PrimicerioKjell H HalvorsenAnne Elise EggenBeate Hennie GarciaHenrik SchirmerMarit Waaseth

Published in: European journal of clinical pharmacology (2022)

Adherence to antihypertensive drugs, LLDs, and ASA among persons with CHD were high despite low achievement of treatment goals for blood pressure and LDL-cholesterol. There was a statistically significant association between adherence to LLDs and LDL-cholesterol, but not between adherence to antihypertensive drugs and blood pressure.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
hypertensive patients
low density lipoprotein
heart rate
glycemic control
blood glucose
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
public health
adipose tissue
drug induced
skeletal muscle