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Burden and Predictors of Statin Use for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Bangladesh: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey

Shehab Uddin Al Abid, Md Mostafa Monower, Ahmad Khairul Abrar, Jannat A Riva, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, Sohel Reza Choudhury
Global Heart · 2025;20(1) · 28
DOI10.5334/gh.1412

Abstract

In Bangladesh, approximately one in twenty eligible individuals uses statins for primary prevention of CVD, and one in five individuals for secondary prevention. Appropriate population health interventions are needed to scale up statin use to mitigate the burden of CVD.

Keywords

MedicineStatinGuidelinePoisson regressionPrimary preventionPhysical therapyDiseaseInternal medicinePopulationEnvironmental health

Author affiliations

Shehab Uddin Al Abid
National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute
iD0000-0003-0656-0271
Md Mostafa Monower
National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute
iD0000-0002-1531-5633
Ahmad Khairul Abrar
National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute
iD0000-0002-7122-4576
Jannat A Riva
Ad-din Women's Medical College Hospital, Outer Circular Rd, Dhaka 1217, Bangladesh
Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan
National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute
iD0000-0001-6962-7264
Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun
National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute
iD0000-0002-3377-1122
Sohel Reza Choudhury
National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute
iD0000-0002-7498-4634

Article history

Published
12 Mar 2025
How to cite this
Shehab Uddin Al Abid, Md Mostafa Monower, Ahmad Khairul Abrar, Jannat A Riva, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, & Sohel Reza Choudhury. (2025). Burden and Predictors of Statin Use for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Bangladesh: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey.  Global Heart, 20(1), 28. https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1412
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