Gender Disparities in Lipid-Lowering Therapy Among Veterans With Diabetes

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages S176-S181

  Vimalananda, Varsha G ^a   Miller, Donald R ^b   Palnati, Madhuri ^b   Christiansen, Cindy L ^c   Fincke, B Graeme ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 80155194139     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Ayanian, J.Z., Epstein, A.M., Differences in the use of procedures between women and men hospitalized for coronary heart disease. The New England Journal of Medicine 325 (1991), 221–225.
2. Banerjea, R., Pogach, L.M., Smelson, D., Sambamoorthi, U., Mental illness and substance use disorders among women veterans with diabetes. Women's Health Issues 19 (2009), 446–456.
3. Bean-Mayberry, B., Yano, E.M., Mor, M.K., Bayliss, N.K., Xu, X., Fine, M.J., Does sex influence immunization status for influenza and pneumonia in older veterans?. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 57 (2009), 1427–1432.
4. Brittle, C., Bird, C.E., Literature review on effective sex- and gender-based Systems/Models of care. 2007, Uncommon Insights, Arlington, VA.
5. Chang, A.M., Mumma, B., Sease, K.L., Robey, J.L., Shofer, F.S., Hollander, J.E., Gender bias in cardiovascular testing persists after adjustment for presenting characteristics and cardiac risk. Academic Emergency Medicine 14 (2007), 599–605.
6. Correa-de-Araujo, R., Stevens, B., Moy, E., Nilasena, D., Chesley, F., McDermott, K., Gender differences across racial and ethnic groups in the quality of care for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure associated with comorbidities. Women's Health Issues 16 (2006), 44–55.
7. Desai, M.M., Rosenheck, R.A., Druss, B.G., Perlin, J.B., Mental disorders and quality of diabetes care in the Veterans Health Administration. The American Journal of Psychiatry 159 (2002), 1584–1590.
8. Ferrara, A., Mangione, C.M., Kim, C., Marrero, D.G., Curb, D., Stevens, M., et al. Sex disparities in control and treatment of modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors among patients with diabetes: Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study. Diabetes Care 31 (2008), 69–74.
9. Ferrara, A., Williamson, D.F., Karter, A.J., Thompson, T.J., Kim, C., Diabetes (TRIAD) Study Group. Sex differences in quality of health care related to ischemic heart disease prevention in patients with diabetes: The Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study, 2000–2001. Diabetes Care 27 (2004), 2974–2976.
10. Frayne, S.M., Halanych, J.H., Miller, D.R., Wang, F., Lin, H., Pogach, L., et al. Disparities in diabetes care: Impact of mental illness. Archives of Internal Medicine 165:22 (2005), 2631–2638.
11. Gebo, K.A., Fleishman, J.A., Conviser, R., Reilly, E.D., Korthuis, P.T., Moore, R.D., et al. Racial and gender disparities in receipt of highly active antiretroviral therapy persist in a multistate sample of HIV patients in 2001. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 38 (2005), 96–103.
12. Gouni-Berthold, I., Berthold, H.K., Mantzoros, C.S., Bohm, M., Krone, W., Sex disparities in the treatment and control of cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 31 (2008), 1389–1391.
13. Halanych, J.H., Wang, F., Miller, D.R., Pogach, L.M., Lin, H., Berlowitz, D.R., et al. Racial/ethnic differences in diabetes care for older veterans: Accounting for dual health system use changes conclusions. Medical Care 44 (2006), 439–445.
14. Huxley, R., Barzi, F., Woodward, M., Excess risk of fatal coronary heart disease associated with diabetes in men and women: Meta-analysis of 37 prospective cohort studies. BMJ 332 (2006), 73–78.
15. Jha, A.K., Perlin, J.B., Steinman, M.A., Peabody, J.W., Ayanian, J.Z., Quality of ambulatory care for women and men in the Veterans Affairs health care system. Journal of General Internal Medicine 20 (2005), 762–765.
16. Kanaya, A.M., Grady, D., Barrett-Connor, E., Explaining the sex difference in coronary heart disease mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis. Archives of Internal Medicine 162 (2002), 1737–1745.
17. Kearney, P.M., Blackwell, L., Collins, R., Keech, A., Simes, J., et al., Cholesterol Treatment Trialists’ (CTT) Collaborators. Efficacy of cholesterol-lowering therapy in 18,686 people with diabetes in 14 randomised trials of statins: A meta-analysis. Lancet 371 (2008), 117–125.
18. Khoury, A.J., Weisman, C.S., Thinking about women's health: The case for gender sensitivity. Women's Health Issues 12 (2002), 61–65.
19. Kim, C., Kerr, E.A., Bernstein, S.J., Krein, S.L., Gender disparities in lipid management: The presence of disparities depends on the quality measure. American Journal of Managed Care 12 (2006), 133–136.
20. Kosiak, B., Sangl, J., Correa-de-Araujo, R., Quality of health care for older women: What do we know?. Women's Health Issues 16 (2006), 89–99.
21. Lloyd-Jones, D.M., Short-term versus long-term risk for coronary artery disease: Implications for lipid guidelines. Current Opinion in Lipidology 17 (2006), 619–625.
22. Lloyd-Jones, D.M., Leip, E.P., Larson, M.G., D'Agostino, R.B., Beiser, A., Wilson, P.W., et al. Prediction of lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease by risk factor burden at 50 years of age. Circulation 113 (2006), 791–798.
23. Mann, D.M., Woodward, M., Muntner, P., Falzon, L., Kronish, I., Predictors of nonadherence to statins: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 44 (2010), 1410–1421.
24. Miller, D.R., Safford, M.M., Pogach, L.M., Who has diabetes? Best estimates of diabetes prevalence in the Department of Veterans Affairs based on computerized patient data. Diabetes Care 27:Suppl. 2 (2004), B10–B21.
25. Mosca, L., Mochari-Greenberger, H., Dolor, R.J., Newby, L.K., Robb, K.J., Twelve-year follow-up of American women's awareness of cardiovascular disease risk and barriers to heart health. Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 3 (2010), 120–127.
26. Office of Quality and Performance, Veterans Health Administration. (N.D.). Available: http://vaww.oqp.med.va.gov. Accessed February 18, 2011.
27. Saydah, S.H., Fradkin, J., Cowie, C.C., Poor control of risk factors for vascular disease among adults with previously diagnosed diabetes. Journal of the American Medical Association 291 (2004), 335–342.
28. Shalev, V., Chodick, G., Heymann, A.D., Kokia, E., Gender differences in healthcare utilization and medical indicators among patients with diabetes. Public Health 119 (2005), 45–49.
29. Sherman, S.E., Fu, S.S., Joseph, A.M., Lanto, A.B., Yano, E.M., Gender differences in smoking cessation services received among veterans. Women's Health Issues 15 (2005), 126–133.
30. Steingart, R.M., Packer, M., Hamm, P., Coglianese, M.E., Gersh, B., Geltman, E.M., et al. Sex differences in the management of coronary artery disease. Survival and Ventricular Enlargement Investigators. New England Journal of Medicine 325 (1991), 226–230.
31. Tonstad, S., Rosvold, E.O., Furu, K., Skurtveit, S., Undertreatment and overtreatment with statins: The Oslo Health Study 2000–2001. Journal of Internal Medicine 255 (2004), 494–502.
32. Tseng, C.L., Sambamoorthi, U., Rajan, M., Tiwari, A., Frayne, S., Findley, P., et al. Are there gender differences in diabetes care among elderly Medicare enrolled veterans?. Journal of General Internal Medicine 21:Suppl. 3 (2006), S47–S53.
33. Wexler, D.J., Grant, R.W., Meigs, J.B., Nathan, D.M., Cagliero, E., Sex disparities in treatment of cardiac risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 28 (2005), 514–520.
34. Winston, G.J., Barr, R.G., Carrasquillo, O., Bertoni, A.G., Shea, S., Sex and racial/ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease risk factor treatment and control among individuals with diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Diabetes Care 32 (2009), 1467–1469.
35. Zhang, Q., Safford, M., Miller, D., Crystal, S., Rajan, M., Tseng, C.L., et al. Short-term statin exposure is associated with reduced all-cause mortality in persons with diabetes. Medical Care 45 (2007), 308–314.