Characteristics and Cholesterol Treatment of Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD), Familial Hypercholesterolaemia, and Those Otherwise at Moderate/High-Risk of ASCVD in Australian Primary Care (SCOPE-GP)

Abstract

Background Little information exists on the proportion and characteristics of Australian primary care patients not attaining low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goals. This study sought to describe characteristics, LDL-C levels, and treatment patterns in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and those otherwise at moderate/high risk of ASCVD. Methods This population-based retrospective cohort study used de-identified medical records of adult patients captured in the IQVIA GP-EMR database from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2022. Ascertainment of study cohort was based on the 2021 ESC/EAS guidelines and Framingham Risk Equation in..