Research Article

Clinical Outcomes Based on the Attainment of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Targets in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in Real-World Practice

Table 3

Hazard ratio of 3-year CV mortality and all-cause mortality at different percentages of decreasing LDL-C level and the lowest LDL-C level.

Decreasing ratioCV mortalityAll-cause mortality
HR95% CI valueHR95% CI value

 ≥50%0.640.53–0.78<0.0010.570.51–0.64<0.001
 50–30%0.670.57–0.81<0.0010.590.53–0.66<0.001
 30–10%0.820.67–1.000.0450.790.71–0.88<0.001
 <10%11

The lowest LDL-level (mg/dL)
 <501.000.52–1.900.9901.220.94–1.590.140
 50–700.770.41–1.440.4140.870.68–1.130.293
 70–1000.640.35–1.200.1640.840.65–1.080.177
 100–1300.700.36–1.350.2850.910.70–1.190.496
 130–1501.110.53–2.350.7830.950.69–1.310.760
 ≥15011

Abbreviation: CV, cardiovascular; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.