Table 5.

Influence of sex and type of device on CMA.

CMA	ICS		LABA		LAMA		LABA-ICS		LABA-LAMA
Sex	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M
Mean	0.219 *	0.202 *	0.664 *	0.714 *	0.787 *	0.802 *	0.402 *	0.440 *	0.867	0.874
Std. deviation	0.281	0.266	0.326	0.311	0.244	0.232	0.306	0.313	0.197	0.189
Median	0.092	0.085	0.740	0.841	0.887	0.899	0.307	0.363	0.978	0.978
% of adherent patients (CMA ≥ 0.8)	8.69	7.24	46.15	52.93	61.09	63.82	16.07	19.18	74.71	76.19
Device	DPI	pMDI	DPI	pMDI	DPI	pMDI	DPI	pMDI	DPI	pMDI
Number of patients	85,985	200,738	74,468	3451	90,912	19,140	555,151	206,691	23,704	1071
Mean	0.377 *	0.116 *	0.701 *	0.502 *	0.796 *	0.856 *	0.417 *	0.480 *	0.883 *	0.654 *
Std. deviation	0.300	0.170	0.316	0.300	0.236	0.200	0.308	0.323	0.183	0.221
Median	0.282	0.056	0.820	0.441	0.892	0.960	0.334	0.403	0.984	0.612
% of adherent patients (CMA ≥ 0.8)	14.27	1.93	51.34	21.44	62.69	72.06	17.13	23.21	77.94	27.16

CMA = continuous multiple-interval measures of medication availability; F = female; M = male; DPI = dry powder inhaler; pMDI = pressurized metered dose inhaler; * p < 0.001.