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Table 3 Proportion on Preventive Medications by Time Interval Since Last Hospitalized

From: Recent hospitalization for Non-coronary events and use of preventive medications for coronary artery disease: An observational cohort study

 

Medication

(n = Eligible Patients)

 

Aspirin

(n = 10,296)

β-blocker

(n = 13,148)

ACE-I/ARB

(n = 10,367)

Lipid Lowering

(n = 12,949)

All Meds

(n = 8,267)

Time Interval Since

ACS Hospitalization

Unadjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Adjusted Proportion (95% CI)*

Unadjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Adjusted Proportion (95% CI)*

Unadjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Adjusted Proportion (95% CI)*

Unadjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Adjusted Proportion (95% CI)*

Unadjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Adjusted Proportion (95% CI)*

< 6 months

77 (75-80)

76 (74-79)

83 (81-85)

82 (80-84)

70 (67-73)

68 (66-71)

75 (73-77)

75 (73-77)

42 (39-45)

39 (36-42)

6-12 months

73 (69-77)

71 (66-75)

86 (83-88)

84 (80-87)

70 (66-74)

68 (63-72)

74 (70-77)

72 (68-76)

39 (34-44)

34 (29-39)

12-24 months

64 (60-68)||

62 (58-66)||

80 (77-83)

78 (75-81)

74 (70-77)

72 (68-75)

74 (71-77)

72 (69-75)

36 (31-40)

31 (27-35)§

> 24 months

54 (53-55)||

55 (54-56)||

66 (66-67)||

68 (68-69)||

57 (56-58)||

59 (58-60)||

62 (61-63)||

63 (62-64)||

21 (20-22)||

21 (20-22)||

Time Interval Since

Non-ACS Hospitalization

Unadjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Adjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Unadjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Adjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Unadjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Adjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Unadjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Adjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Unadjusted Proportion (95% CI)

Adjusted Proportion (95% CI)

< 6 months

63 (62-65)

63 (61-65)

73 (72-75)

73 (72-75)

61 (59-62)

59 (57-61)

62 (60-64)

63 (61-65)

26 (24-28)

23 (21-25)

6-12 months

60 (57-63)

59 (56-62)

73 (70-75)

72 (70-75)

64 (61-67)

62 (59-66)

65 (63-68)

66 (63-69)

26 (23-29)

23 (20-26)

12-24 months

57 (54-60)||

57 (54-60)§

71 (69-73)

72 (69-74)

60 (57-63)

60 (57-63)

64 (61-66)

64 (62-67)

26 (23-29)

23 (21-27)

> 24 months

56 (55-57)||

58 (56-59)||

68 (67-69)||

71 (70-72)

60 (58-61)

62 (61-63)

66 (65-67)||

67 (66-69)||

24 (23-26)

24 (22-25)

  1. *Adjusted for age, sex, race, socioeconomic status, current smoker, hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, cerebral vascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and time since non-ACS hospitalization.
  2. †Adjusted for covariates as above with time since last ACS hospitalization in place of time since non-ACS hospitalization.
  3. ‡ p < 0.05 compared to < 6 months.
  4. § p < 0.01 compared to < 6 months.
  5. || p < 0.001 compared to < 6 months.