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Table 2 Overall adherence to guidelines

From: Implementation of guidelines for metabolic syndrome control in kidney transplant recipients: results at a single center

 

Number of patients achieving target levels—1994–1997

Number of patients achieving target levels—2008–2011

p value

Systolic blood pressure

75.7 % (<140 mmHg)

76.5 % (<130 mmHg)

0.888

Diastolic blood pressure

68 % (<90 mmHg)

79.8 % (<80 mmHg)

0.029

Fasting blood glucose (<7 mmol/L)

94.5 %

79.3 %

0.005

Total cholesterol (<193 mg/dL)

23.3 %

74.3 %

<0.001

LDL

38 % (<130 mg/dL)

57.8 % (<100 mg/dL)

0.033

  1. The percentage of patients achieving treatment goals during the two FU periods was compared. For each FU period the relevant treatment targets were used
  2. FU follow up, LDL low density cholesterol