Childhood adversity as a predictor of non-adherence to statin therapy in adulthood.

To investigate whether adverse experiences in childhood predict non-adherence to statin therapy in adulthood.A cohort of 1378 women and 538 men who initiated statin therapy during 2008-2010 after responding to a survey on childhood adversities, was followed for non-adherence during the first treatme...

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Main Authors: Maarit Jaana Korhonen, Jaana I Halonen, M Alan Brookhart, Ichiro Kawachi, Jaana Pentti, Hasse Karlsson, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4444303?pdf=render