Table 2 Medication prescribing according to ethnicity 3 months prior to AMI and 1 year post AMI, n (%)
Medication | 3 months prior to AMI | 1 year post AMI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Chinese (n = 150) | South Asian (n = 224) | Non-Asian (n = 3697) | p-value | Chinese (n = 197) | South Asian (n = 370) | Non-Asian (n = 6115) | p-value |
ACEI | 66 (44) | 86 (38.4) | 1586 (42.9) | 0.39 | 157 (79.7) | 293 (79.2) | 4621 (75.6) | 0.13 |
BB | 56 (37.3) | 66 (29.5) | 1134 (30.7) | 0.2 | 157 (79.7) | 286 (77.3) | 4472 (73.1) | 0.03* |
Statin | 40 (26.7) | 69 (30.8) | 973 (26.3) | 0.34 | 132 (67) | 272 (73.5) | 3987 (65.2) | 0.004†|
ACEI, BB, or Statin | 110 (73.3) | 154 (68.8) | 2641 (71.4) | 0.59 | 194 (98.5) | 360 (97.3) | 5867 (95.9) | 0.09 |
CCB | 61 (40.7) | 84 (37.5) | 1312 (35.5) | 0.37 | 66 (33.5) | 131 (35.4) | 1856 (30.4) | 0.09 |
Diuretic | 42 (28) | 76 (33.9) | 1568 (42.4) | < 0.001 | 104 (52.8) | 189 (51.2) | 2990 (48.9) | 0.42 |