Lipid Testing and Statin Prescriptions Among Medicaid Recipients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Diabetes Mellitus and the General Medicaid Population

Objective Cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) risks in systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE ) are similar to those in diabetes mellitus ( DM ). We investigated whether the numbers of lipid tests and statin prescriptions in patients with SLE are comparable with those in patients with DM and those in individuals without either disease. Methods Using Analytic eX tract files from 29 states for 2007–2010, we identified a cohort of US Medicaid beneficiaries,...