Predictors of non-adherence to and non-persistence with statin therapy among patients on oral diabetes medication in the netherlands: A retrospective inception cohort study

Background: The use of statins as the most extensively used lipid-lowering therapy is known to be suboptimal in daily practice. Few studies, however, have looked at non-adherence and non-persistence as distinct phenomena. Objectives: To evaluate statin adherence and persistence rate, and to identify potential predictors associated with statin non-adherence and non-persistence among patients on oral diabetes medication. Methods: We conducted a cohort study of statin starters using the pharmacy database IADB.nl. We included patients on oral diabetes medication aged 40 years and older at the star... Mehr ...