Male | Female | Total | ||||||||||
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No disease (N) | % | disease (N) | % | No disease (N) | % | Disease (N) | % | No disease (N) | % | Disease (N) | % | |
Frequency of aspirin use | ||||||||||||
Never | 562 | 36.6 | 110 | 16.0 | 938 | 47.5 | 119 | 27.7 | 1,500 | 42.7 | 229 | 20.5 |
Less than once a week | 182 | 11.9 | 15 | 2.2 | 219 | 11.1 | 16 | 3.7 | 401 | 11.4 | 31 | 2.8 |
At least once a week | 42 | 2.7 | 4 | 0.6 | 60 | 3.0 | 5 | 1.2 | 102 | 2.9 | 9 | 0.8 |
Every other day | 30 | 2.0 | 15 | 2.2 | 30 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.7 | 60 | 1.7 | 18 | 1.6 |
Every day | 566 | 36.9 | 511 | 74.3 | 552 | 27.9 | 276 | 64.3 | 1,119 | 31.8 | 787 | 70.5 |
Don’t know or declined to respond | 23 | 1.5 | 33 | 4.8 | 20 | 1.0 | 10 | 2.3 | 333 | 9.6 | 4 | 3.9 |
Risks and benefits of aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke ever discussed with you | ||||||||||||
No | 708 | 46.1 | 115 | 16.7 | 1114 | 56.4 | 89 | 20.8 | 1823 | 51.9 | 204 | 18.3 |
Yes | 825 | 53.7 | 573 | 83.3 | 859 | 43.5 | 339 | 79.0 | 1685 | 47.9 | 912 | 81.7 |
Don’t know or declined to respond | 4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.01 |
Health problem that make aspirin or NSAIDs unsafe | ||||||||||||
No | 1205 | 78.4 | 508 | 73.8 | 1459 | 73.8 | 294 | 68.5 | 2665 | 75.8 | 802 | 71.8 |
Yes | 195 | 12.7 | 146 | 21.2 | 356 | 18.0 | 126 | 29.4 | 551 | 15.7 | 272 | 24.4 |
Don’t know or declined to respond | 137 | 8.9 | 34 | 4.9 | 162 | 8.2 | 9 | 2.1 | 300 | 8.5 | 43 | 3.9 |