disease. National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) and American Heart Association
(AHA) guidelines recommend cholesterol lowering with statin medications; however, statin
adherence remains poor. We hypothesized that patient-centered education on the 10-year
risk for each of the major constituents of cardiovascular disease would increase statin
adherence and achievement of the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goal …