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Table 6 Complete-case Analysis of 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 = 7,311)

β-blocker

(n = 9,524)

ACE-I/ARB

(n = 7,383)

Lipid Lowering

(n = 9,370)

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

78 (75-81)

77 (74-80)

82 (80-84)

82 (79-84)

69 (66-72)

68 (64-71)

74 (72-77)

74 (72-77)

41 (38-45)

38 (34-42)

6-12 months

73 (68-78)

71 (66-76)

85 (82-88)

84 (80-87)

71 (66-76)

70 (64-74)

74 (70-78)

73 (68-77)

39 (33-45)

35 (29-41)

12-24 months

66 (62-71)||

65 (60-69)||

81 (77-84)

79 (75-82)

75 (71-79)

74 (69-78)

74 (70-77)

73 (69-76)

38 (33-43)

34 (29-39)

> 24 months

56 (55-57)||

57 (56-58)||

68 (67-69)||

70 (68-71)||

59 (57-60)||

60 (59-61)||

63 (62-64)||

64 (63-65)||

22 (21-23)||

22 (20-23)||

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

65 (62-67)

64 (62-66)

73 (71-74)

73 (71-75)

60 (58-63)

59 (57-62)

61 (60-63)

63 (61-65)

25 (23-28)

23 (21-25)

6-12 months

61 (57-64)

61 (57-64)

73 (70-75)

73 (70-76)

64 (60-67)

63 (59-67)

66 (63-69)§

67 (64-70)

26 (23-30)

24 (20-27)

12-24 months

59 (55-62)§

59 (56-62)

71 (68-74)

72 (69-75)

61 (58-64)

61 (58-65)

63 (60-66)

64 (61-67)

27 (24-30)

25 (21-28)

> 24 months

58 (57-60)||

60 (58-61)§

70 (69-71)

73 (71-74)

62 (60-63)

64 (62-65)§

68 (67-69)||

69 (67-70)||

26 (25-28)

25 (24-27)

  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.