Age- and Gender-Related Differences in LDL-Cholesterol Management in Outpatients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 2

Management of LDL-C values in T2DM outpatients according to gender and age.

	<55 years			55–65 years			65–75 years			>75 years
	F	M		F	M		F	M		F	M
	22069	37422		42914	62970		65535	79415		57230	47210
Age (yrs)			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001
Diabetes duration (yrs)			<0.0001			0.0007			<0.0001			<0.0001
Patients monitored for lipid profile (%)	72.2	74.3	<0.0001	75.5	76.4	0.0002	74.9	75.4	0.07	67.3	69.0	<0.0001
Patients with LDL-C <100 mg/dL (%)	32.3	35.4	<0.0001	35.8	43.3	<0.0001	40.6	47.6	<0.0001	40.1	48.4	<0.0001
Patients with LDL-C ≥130 mg/dL (%)	34.9	31.7	<0.0001	31.6	25.4	<0.0001	27.0	20.7	<0.0001	26.8	19.6	<0.0001

Data are , %, and means ± standard deviation.