Cardiac medication prescribing and adherence after acute myocardial infarction in Chinese and South Asian Canadian patients

Table 3 Adherence to cardiac medications (PDC ≥ 80%) according to ethnicity and medication

Medication	Chinese	South Asian	Non-Asian	p-value	Adj. OR (95%CI)*		Adj. OR (95%CI)*
					Chinese vs. Non-Asian	p-value	South Asian vs. Non-Asian	p-value
ACEI, %	63.5	71.4	75	< 0.001	0.53 (0.39-0.73)	< 0.001	0.78 (0.61-0.99)	0.04
BB, %	54.1	63.4	56.4	0.02	0.85 (0.63-1.15)	0.29	1.3 (1.04-1.62)	0.02
Statin, %	80.8	85.4	81	0.19	0.83 (0.52-1.35)	0.46	1.26 (0.88-1.79)	0.21
CCB, %	64	68.4	65.5	0.73	0.84 (0.51-1.38)	0.49	1.07 (0.74-1.53)	0.73
Diuretic, %	35.9	33.8	39.5	0.18	0.84 (0.55-1.28)	0.41	0.73 (0.54-0.99)	0.04
ACEI, BB, or statin, %	76.4	82.6	79.9	0.12	0.70 (0.51-0.95)	0.02	1.01 (0.79-1.29)	0.92

Abbreviations: ACEI = angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor; Adj. OR = adjusted odds ratio; BB = beta-blocker; CCB = calcium-channel blocker; PDC = proportion of days covered
* odds ratios adjusted for age, gender, residential distance from hospital, socio-economic status, admission year, number of baseline medications, number of re-admissions to hospital, prior use of same medication, and comorbidities

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