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Estimating Prevalence and Characteristics of Statin Intolerance among High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk Patients in Germany (2017 to 2020)

Journal of Clinical Medicine, ISSN: 2077-0383, Vol: 12, Issue: 2
2023
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Reports Outline Clinical Medicine Study Results from Ludwig-Maximilians-University [Estimating Prevalence and Characteristics of Statin Intolerance among High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk Patients in Germany (2017 to 2020)]

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Statin intolerance (SI) (partial and absolute) could lead to suboptimal lipid management. The lack of a widely accepted definition of SI results into poor understanding of patient profiles and characteristics. This study aims to estimate SI and better understand patient characteristics, as reflected in clinical practice in Germany using supervised machine learning (ML) techniques. This retrospective cohort study utilized patient records from an outpatient setting in Germany in the IQVIA™ Disease Analyzer. Patients with a high cardiovascular risk, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, or hypercholesterolemia, and those on lipid-lowering therapies between 2017 and 2020 were included, and categorized as having “absolute” or “partial” SI. ML techniques were applied to calibrate prevalence estimates, derived from different rules and levels of confidence (high and low). The study included 292,603 patients, 6.4% and 2.8% had with high confidence absolute and partial SI, respectively. After deploying ML, SI prevalence increased approximately by 27% and 57% (p < 0.00001) in absolute and partial SI, respectively, eliciting a maximum estimate of 12.5% SI with high confidence. The use of advanced analytics to provide a complementary perspective to current prevalence estimates may inform the identification, optimal treatment, and pragmatic, patient-centered management of SI in Germany.

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Parhofer, Klaus G; Anastassopoulou, Anastassia; Calver, Henry; Becker, Christian; Rathore, Anirudh S; Dave, Raj; Zamfir, Cosmin

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