Figure 3.

Median (IQR) months from statin eligibility to statin initiation among those becoming statin eligible 2001–2016 (N=2,188 initiators)

Statin eligibility defined as: date participant first met at least one of the criteria for statin eligibility for the time-appropriate guideline Time to statin initiation defined as: time between date of statin eligibility to the date of the first statin prescription of at least one month in duration Red shading indicates when ACC/AHA guidelines were implemented in the analysis (guidelines were first published online November 2013).