Background:Comprehensive management of diabetes should include management of its comorbid conditions,especially cardiovascular complications,which are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with diabetes.Dyslipidemia is a comorbid condition of diabetes and a risk factor for cardiovascular complications.Therefore,lipid level management is a key of managing patients with diabetes successfully.However,it is not clear that how well dyslipidemia is managed in patients with diabetes in local Chinese health-care communities.This study aimed to assess how well low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) was managed in Nanjing community hospitals,China.Methods:We reviewed clinical records of 7364 diabetic patients who were treated in eleven community hospitals in Nanjing from October 2005 to October 2014.Information regarding LDL-C level,cardiovascular risk factors,and use of lipid-lowering agents were collected.Results:In patients without history of cardiovascular disease (CVD),92.1％ had one or more CVD risk factors,and the most common CVD risk factor was dyslipidemia.The overall average LDL-C level was 2.80 ± 0.88 mmol/L,which was 2.62 ± 0.90 mmol/L and 2.82 ± 0.87 mmol/L in patients with and without CVD history respectively.Only 38％ of all patients met the target goal and 37.3％ of patients who took lipid-lowering agents met target goal.Overall,24.5％ of all patients were on lipid-lowering medication,and 36.3％ of patients with a CVD history and 20.9％ of patients without CVD history took statins for LDL-C management.The mean statin dosage was 13.9 ± 8.9 mg.Conclusions:Only a small portion of patients achieved target LDL-C level,and the rate of using statins to control LDL-C was low.Managing LDL-C with statins in patients with diabetes should be promoted,especially in patients without a CVD history and with one or more CVD risk factors.