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. 2016 May;22(5):10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.5.526. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.5.526

TABLE 5.

Intervention Effects on Adherence to Statins

Variable PDC (Continuous) PDC ≥ 80% (Binary)
95% CI
Coefficient SE P Value Coefficient SE OR Upper Lower P Value
Female (reference: male) -0.008 0.002 < 0.0001 -0.130 0.031 0.878 0.826 0.933 < 0.0001
Age group, years (reference: < 55 years) 1.000 1.000
55-64 0.026 0.007 0.000 0.273 0.101 1.313 1.077 1.601 0.0071
65-74 0.029 0.006 < 0.0001 0.294 0.091 1.341 1.122 1.604 0.0013
75+ 0.030 0.006 < 0.0001 0.305 0.092 1.356 1.133 1.623 0.0009
Comorbidity count (reference: < 3)
3-4 0.000 0.002 0.780 0.029 0.031 1.030 0.968 1.095 0.3519
5-6 -0.005 0.002 0.033 -0.051 0.041 0.951 0.877 1.030 0.218
7-8 -0.006 0.004 0.131 -0.087 0.064 0.917 0.809 1.039 0.1745
9+ -0.010 0.007 0.168 -0.221 0.106 0.802 0.652 0.987 0.037
New to therapy -0.014 0.002 < 0.0001 -0.405 0.039 0.667 0.618 0.720 < 0.0001
90-day refill 0.059 0.002 < 0.0001 0.644 0.033 1.904 1.784 2.031 < 0.0001
Number of target medication classes (reference: 1)
2 0.008 0.002 < 0.0001 0.100 0.032 1.105 1.039 1.176 0.0016
3 0.014 0.003 < 0.0001 0.177 0.046 1.194 1.091 1.305 0.0001
Low-income subsidy -0.001 0.002 0.6310 -0.054 0.040 0.947 0.875 1.025 0.1785
Time (reference: preperioda) -0.007 0.001 < 0.0001 -0.114 0.025 0.893 0.849 0.938 < 0.0001
Group (reference: control) -0.012 0.003 < 0.0001 -0.120 0.043 0.887 0.815 0.965 0.0053
Group × Time interactionb 0.018 0.003 < 0.0001 0.221 0.049 1.247 1.132 1.374 < 0.0001

Note: Generalized linear models used to assess statistical difference between treatment groups for continuous PDC outcomes. Logistic regression used for PDC ≥ 80% binary outcome.

a Preperiod = April 2012 to March 2013; postperiod = April 2013 to March 2014.

b Group × Time interaction variable is difference-in-difference estimator.

CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; PDC = proportion of days covered; SE = standard error.