TY  - BOOK
AU  - Case, Brian C
AU  - Kolm, Paul
AU  - Weintraub, William S
TI  - The economic burden of hypertriglyceridemia among US adults with diabetes or atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease on statin therapy
SN  - 1876-4789
PY  - 2019///
KW  - *Atherosclerosis/dt [Drug Therapy]
KW  - *Atherosclerosis/ec [Economics]
KW  - *Cardiovascular Diseases/ec [Economics]
KW  - *Cost of Illness
KW  - *Diabetes Mellitus/ec [Economics]
KW  - *Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/ec [Economics]
KW  - *Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/tu [Therapeutic Use]
KW  - *Hypertriglyceridemia/ec [Economics]
KW  - Adult
KW  - Aged
KW  - Female
KW  - Health Care Costs
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - United States/ep [Epidemiology]
KW  - MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
KW  - Journal Article
N2  - BACKGROUND: Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, the cost burden of HTG-related CVD in high-risk US adults on statins has not been well characterized; CONCLUSION: In US adults on statins and at high risk for CVD, the health care costs associated with HTG are substantial; Copyright (c) 2019 National Lipid Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved; METHODS: We estimated population sizes and annual health care costs among US adults aged >=45 years with diabetes or CVD taking statin therapy with normal triglycerides (TGs) defined as TG < 150 mg/dL compared with those with HTG defined as TG >= 150 mg/dL. Population sizes were estimated from the 2007-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. Adjusted mean total annual health care costs in 2015 US dollars were estimated using the Optum Research Database. The annual total health care cost burden was estimated by multiplying the population size by the mean annual total incremental health care costs overall and within subgroups; OBJECTIVE: We estimated the HTG-related health care cost burden among US adults with CVD or diabetes taking statin therapy; RESULTS: There were 6.2 (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.4 - 7.1) million and 12.0 (95% CI, 11.1 - 12.9) million US adults aged >=45 years with diabetes and/or CVD on statin therapy with TG >= 150 mg/dL and TG < 150 mg/dL, respectively. The mean adjusted incremental total one-year health care costs in adults with TG >= 150 mg/dL compared with those with TG < 150 mg/dL was
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2019.07.004
ER  -