Open Access<p>Determinants of Statin Initiation Among Adult Diabetic Patients in Bonga, Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Bezie Kebede,
Desalegn Feyisa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s283993
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , diabetes mellitus , statin , population , multivariate analysis , outpatient clinic , environmental health , endocrinology
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic degenerative disease associated with a high risk of chronic complications and comorbidities. According t the World Health Organization, 16.7 million people worldwide die of cardiovascular diseases each year.