Table 2

Efficacy of dyslipidaemia management in the overall cohort before and after intervention

CharacteristicPreintervention
(n=896)
Postintervention
(n=862)
P value
Eligible for statin therapy390 (43.5)411 (47.7)0.08
Reasonable management*752 (83.9)763 (88.5)0.005
Overtreatment73 (8.1)40 (4.6)0.003
Undertreatment71 (7.9)59 (6.8)0.387
  • *Reasonable management means patients on statins who were eligible for this therapy or patients not on statins who were not eligible.