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PREVENTION – WOMENS' CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH

Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women

Recommendations for High-Risk Women (continued―)

• Blood Pressure control: Optimal BP is 120/80. Start with lifestyle approaches, but pharmacotherapy is indicated when BP > 140/90 or in the presence of target organ damage or diabetes. Thiazides are generally first line drugs, unless contraindicated
   
• Lipid control/statin therapy: Limit saturated fat to <7% of total calories, cholesterol <200 mg/day. Reduce trans-fatty acid intake. Initiate statin therapy along with lifestyle therapy in high-risk women with LDL-C>100 mg/dl or <100 mg/dl unless contraindicated. Initiate niacin or fibrate therapy if HDL-C is low (<40 mg/dl) or non-HDL-C is elevated in these high-risk women

Optimal levels of lipids in women are:

LDL-C <100 mg/dl

HDL-C > 50 mg/dl

Triglycerides <150 mg/dl

Non-HDL cholesterol <130 mg/dl

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