Blog: Effects of sex and depression on achieving lipid reduction targets in patients at high-risk of coronary heart disease.
Researchers have examined whether sex and depression might influence how effectively blood lipids are treated in high-risk heart disease patients. Lipids are blood fats that, amongst other substances, include cholesterol and triglycerides. They looked at whether lipid levels were checked and if so whether guideline target levels for lipids were achieved through the prism of…