National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research InstituteDept. of Epidemiology and Research

PublicationsGlobal Heart, 2025

Burden and Predictors of Statin Use for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Bangladesh: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey

Shehab Uddin Al Abid, Md Mostafa Monower, Ahmad Khairul Abrar, Jannat A Riva, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, Sohel Reza Choudhury

Global Heart · 2025;20(1) · 28 · doi:10.5334/gh.1412

Abstract

In Bangladesh, approximately one in twenty eligible individuals uses statins for primary prevention of CVD, and one in five individuals for secondary prevention. Appropriate population health interventions are needed to scale up statin use to mitigate the burden of CVD.

Keywords Medicine · Statin · Guideline · Poisson regression · Primary prevention · Physical therapy · Disease · Internal medicine · Population · Environmental health

Cite this paper

Shehab Uddin Al Abid, Md Mostafa Monower, Ahmad Khairul Abrar, Jannat A Riva, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, & Sohel Reza Choudhury. (2025). Burden and Predictors of Statin Use for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Bangladesh: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey.  Global Heart, 20(1), 28. https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1412

Authors and affiliations

  1. Shehab Uddin Al Abid

    National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute

    ORCID 0000-0003-0656-0271
  2. Md Mostafa Monower

    National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute

    ORCID 0000-0002-1531-5633
  3. Ahmad Khairul Abrar

    National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute

    ORCID 0000-0002-7122-4576
  4. Jannat A Riva

    Ad-din Women's Medical College Hospital, Outer Circular Rd, Dhaka 1217, Bangladesh

  5. Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan

    National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute

    ORCID 0000-0001-6962-7264
  6. Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun

    National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute

    ORCID 0000-0002-3377-1122
  7. Sohel Reza Choudhury

    National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute

    ORCID 0000-0002-7498-4634