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. 2016 Aug;22(8):10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.8.892. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.8.892
Overall (N = 1,526) Guideline (n = 763) Historical (n = 763) P Valuea
n % n % n %
Demographics
    Age, mean [SD] 59.5 [8.1] 60.5 [8.6] 58.6 [7.5] < 0.001
    Male 1,110 72.7 543 71.2 567 74.3 0.187
Clinical characteristics
    Hyperlipidemia 1,232 80.7 610 79.9 622 81.5 0.454
    Hypertension 1,124 73.7 560 73.4 564 73.9 0.860
    Diabetes 260 17.0 130 17.0 130 17.0 1.000
    Overweight 13 0.9 5 0.7 8 1.0 0.579
    Obesity 196 12.8 77 10.1 119 15.6 0.002
    Anxiety 19 1.2 11 1.4 8 1.0 0.646
    Depression 42 2.8 22 2.9 20 2.6 0.877
    Bipolar 8 0.5 7 0.9 1 0.1 0.077
    Psychotic disorder 3 0.2 1 0.1 2 0.3 1.000
Pre-index antihyperlipidemic medication use
Antihyperlipidemic medication classes
        None 370 24.2 185 24.2 185 24.2 1.000
        Nonstatin medication 160 10.5 80 10.5 80 10.5
        Low-intensity statin 20 1.3 10 1.3 10 1.3
        Moderate-intensity statin 728 47.7 364 47.7 364 47.7
        High-intensity statin 248 16.3 124 16.3 124 16.3
    Antihyperlipidemic copay, mean [SD]b $22 [$26] $19 [$26] $24 [$26] < 0.001
    Number of antihyperlipidemic fills, mean [SD]b 7.6 [5.3] 6.6 [4.3] 8.5 [6.1] < 0.001

a Continuous variables compared between guideline and historical groups using paired t-tests, and categorical variables compared using McNemar’s test or Maxwell-Stuart test as appropriate.

b Among patients with at least 1 antihyperlipidemic fill.

SD = standard deviation.