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Table 1 Drug treatment at discharge after index AMI. Patients stratified by age (≤75 years or 75–84 years) and by PCI status (PCI or no PCI)

From: Initiation of and long-term adherence to secondary preventive drugs after acute myocardial infarction

 

Age ≤75 years

 

Age 75–84 years

 

Total

 

n = 30 843

n = 11 864

n = 42 707

 

PCI

No PCI

PCI

No PCI

 
 

n = 19 835

n = 11 008

n = 4918

n = 6946

 
 

(64.3)

(35.7)

(29.3)

(70.7)

 

Women

4065 (20.5)

3478 (31.6)

1819 (37.0)

3357 (48.3)

12 719 (29.8)

Age, mean (SD)

59.8 (9.1)

61.6 (9.6)

79.0 (2.8)

80.0 (2.8)

65.8 (11.8)

DAPT

17 505 (88.3)

5107 (46.4)

3877 (78.8)

2597 (37.4)

29 086 (68.1)

Only P2Y12 inhibitor

668 (3.4)

354 (3.2)

202 (4.1)

295 (4.3)

1519 (3.6)

Only ASA

288 (1.5)

3105 (28.2)

151 (3.1)

1860 (26.7)

5404 (12.3)

Only OAC

21 (0.1)

312 (2.8)

15 (0.3)

339 (4.9)

687 (1.6)

OAC + DAPT

925 (4.7)

241 (2.2)

473 (9.6)

165 (2.4)

1804 (4.2)

OAC + P2Y12 inhibitor

58 (0.3)

40 (0.4)

28 (0.6)

58 (0.8)

184 (0.4)

OAC + ASA

43 (0.2)

520 (4.7))

32 (0.7)

529 (7.6)

1124 (2.6)

No antiplatelet or OAC

327 (1.7)

1329 (12.1)

140 (2.9)

1103 (15.9)

2899 (6.8)

Statins

19 168 (96.6)

9224 (83.8)

4574 (93.0)

5262 (75.7)

38 228 (89.5)

Beta-blockers

16 763 (84.5)

8529 (77.5)

4238 (86.2)

5456 (78.6)

34 986 (81.9)

ACE inhibitors

7977 (40.3)

3478 (31.7)

2027 (41.2)

2497 (36.0)

15 988 (37.4)

ARB

4822 (24.3)

2945 (26.8)

1597 (32.5)

2072 (29.8)

11 346 (26.8)

  1. Numbers in parentheses are percentages of total number of patients in the group. SD denotes standard derivation, DAPT dual antiplatelet therapy, AMI Acute myocardial infaction, ASA Acetylsalicylic acid, OAC Oral anticoagulants, ACE Angiotensin-converting enzyme, ARB Angiotensin II receptor blocker