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Table 7 12-month Pre-index demographic and clinical characteristics for hyperlipidemic patients with and without new CV events before matching

From: Clinical and economic burden associated with cardiovascular events among patients with hyperlipidemia: a retrospective cohort study

 

History of CV event cohort

Modified CHD RE cohort

Moderate risk cohort

Low risk cohort

 

Without CV events

With CV events

 

Without CV events

With CV events

 

Without CV events

With CV events

 

Without CV events

With CV events

 

(N = 10744)

(N = 77163)

(N = 145642)

(N = 156793)

(N = 11816

(N = 14544)

(N = 16083)

(N = 18665)

Mean [%]/(SD)

Mean [%]/(SD)

P-valuea

STD

Mean [%]/(SD)

Mean [%]/(SD)

P-valuea

STD

Mean [%]/(SD)

Mean [%]/(SD)

P-valuea

STD

Mean [%]/(SD)

Mean [%]/(SD)

P-valuea

STD

Age

73.66 (13.15)

66.41 (13.65)

<0.0001

 

65.28 (13.16)

65.17 (13.17)

0.0189

 

67.83 (12.63)

65.83 (12.83)

<0.0001

 

57.73 (12.45)

54.56 (11.01)

<0.0001

 

18-24

[0.0 %]

[0.0 %]

0.04

2.8

[0.03 %]

[0.05 %]

0.0018

1.1

[0.00 %]

[0.00 %]

N/A

0.0

[0.2 %]

[0.2 %]

0.3062

1.1

25-34

[0.1 %]

[0.4 %]

<0.0001

6.6

[0.3 %]

[0.4 %]

0.0002

1.4

[0.00 %]

[0.00 %]

N/A

0.0

[1.3 %]

[1.8 %]

0.0016

3.4

35-54

[6.9 %]

[18.4 %]

<0.0001

34.8

[19.6 %]

[19.6 %]

0.6784

0.2

[11.7 %]

[16.7 %]

<0.0001

14.3

[41.3 %]

[51.1 %]

<0.0001

19.8

55-64

[22.1 %]

[32.1 %]

<0.0001

22.7

[35.7 %]

[35.3 %]

0.0122

0.9

[38.0 %]

[41.2 %]

<0.0001

6.6

[34.7 %]

[33.6 %]

0.0327

2.3

≥65

[70.9 %]

[49.2 %]

<0.0001

45.6

[44.4 %]

[44.7 %]

0.1341

0.5

[50.3 %]

[42.1 %]

<0.0001

16.5

[22.5 %]

[13.3 %]

<0.0001

24.1

Male

[66.6 %]

[63.0 %]

<00001

7.7

[62.2 %]

[61.1 %]

<0.0001

2.4

[62.4 %]

[65.2 %]

<0.0001

5.9

[60.2 %]

[66.4 %]

<0.0001

0.1

US geographic region

                

Northeast

[39.3 %]

[36.0 %]

<0.0001

6.8

[35.3 %]

[34.9 %]

0.0398

0.7

[33.1 %]

[31.0 %]

0.0003

4.5

[35.8 %]

[31.4 %]

<0.0001

9.4

Midwest

[22.1 %]

[25.5 %]

<0.0001

8.0

[26.2 %]

[26.2 %]

0.2635

0.4

[27.2 %]

[28.2 %]

0.0671

2.3

[25.0 %]

[28.4 %]

<0.0001

7.6

South

[24.4 %]

[26.3 %]

<0.0001

4.4

[26.8 %]

[27.3 %]

0.0006

1.3

[26.0 %]

[28.3 %]

<0.0001

5.2

[27.8 %]

[30.4 %]

<0.0001

5.7

West

[14.2 %]

[12.2 %]

<0.0001

5.9

[11.5 %]

[11.5 %]

0.864

0.1

[13.7 %]

[12.5 %]

0.004

3.6

[11.3 %]

[9.8 %]

<0.0001

5.0

Baseline comorbid condition

                

Charlson comorbidity index (CCI)

2.72(2.15)

3.30(2.65)

<0.0001

24.3

0.99(1.49)

2.10(2.27)

<0.0001

57.6

0.53 (1.23)

0.92(1.69)

<0.0001

26.6

0.22(0.78)

0.33 (1.05)

<0.0001

11.4

Chronic disease score

5.28(4.06)

6.01(4.44)

<0.0001

17.0

3.91(3.48)

5.70(4.24)

<0.0001

46.2

4.17 (3.04)

4.70(3.40)

<0.0001

16.6

1.16(1.94)

1.28 (2.22)

<0.0001

5.8

Baseline number of inpatient visits PPPM

0.19(0.49)

0.39(0.84)

<0.0001

28.8

0.04(0.19)

0.18(0.52)

<0.0001

36.1

0.03 (0.19)

0.10(0.35)

<0.0001

24.3

0.01 (0.07)

0.03 (0.20)

<0.0001

15.6

  1. CHD RE coronary heart disease risk equivalent, SD standard deviation, STD standardized difference, CV cardiovascular, CVD cardiovascular disease, PPPM per patient per month
  2. aChi-square tests were used to evaluate the statistical significance of differences in categorical variables; student t-tests were used for the continuous variables