{"id":2563,"date":"2014-12-23T15:59:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T18:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nchstats.com\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2014-12-23T15:59:18","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T18:59:18","slug":"prescription-cholesterol-lowering-medication-use-in-adults-aged-40-and-over-united-states-2003-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/2014\/12\/23\/2563\/","title":{"rendered":"Prescription Cholesterol-lowering Medication Use in Adults Aged 40 and Over: United States, 2003\u20132012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db177.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2014\/images\/p0514-prescription-drugs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a>Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Nearly one in three Americans dies of heart disease or stroke. Elevated blood cholesterol is a major risk factor for CVD, and statin therapy has been strongly associated with a reduced risk of atherosclerotic CVD. The national cholesterol treatment guidelines outline the importance of using cholesterol-lowering medications for the prevention of coronary heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, an NCHS\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db177.pdf\">report<\/a> evaluates recent trends in prescription cholesterol-lowering medication use among U.S. adults aged 40 and over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Findings from the Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During 2003\u20132012, the percentage of adults aged 40 and over using a cholesterol-lowering medication in the past 30 days increased from 20% to 28%.<\/li>\n<li>The use of statins increased from 18% to 26%. By 2011\u20132012, 93% of adults using a cholesterol-lowering medication used a statin.<\/li>\n<li>Cholesterol-lowering medication use increased with age, from 17% of adults aged 40\u201359 to 48% of adults aged 75 and over.<\/li>\n<li>About 71% of adults with cardiovascular disease and 54% of adults with hypercholesterolemia used a cholesterol-lowering medication.<\/li>\n<li>Adults aged 40\u201364 with health insurance were more likely than those without health insurance to use a cholesterol-lowering medication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Nearly one in three Americans dies of heart disease or stroke. Elevated blood cholesterol is a major risk factor for CVD, and statin therapy has been strongly associated with a reduced risk of atherosclerotic CVD. The national cholesterol treatment guidelines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32978,50899],"tags":[63907,63939,5747],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}