Table 1.
High-intensity statin recommendations based on 2013 ACC/AHA Blood Cholesterol Guidelines. ACC: American College of Cardiology; AHA: American Heart Association; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
| Use in patients with clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). |
| Use in patients with primary LDL-C ≥ 190 mg/dL, aged ≥ 21 years. |
| Consider in patients with diabetes but without clinical ASCVD, aged 40–75 years, with LDL-C between 70–189 mg/dL, and 10-year ASCVD risk ≥ 7.5% using pooled cohort equations. |
| Consider in patients with neither diabetes nor clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, aged 40–75 years, with LDL-C between 70–189 mg/dL, and 10-year ASCVD risk ≥ 7.5% using pooled cohort equations. |