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. 2024 Aug 14;19:100722. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100722

Table 2.

Utilization of statins amongst men and women with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease across age and racial/ethnic subgroups.

ASCVD Any Statin Use
Low-moderate Intensity Statin
High Intensity Statin
LDL-C < 70 mg/dL
Men Women Men Women P value Men Women P value Men Women P value Total M/F Men Women P value
Total Population 54,142 43,677 41,257 (76.2) 28,100 (64.3) <0.001 18,630 (34.4) 15,347 (35.1) 23,037 (42.5) 12,998 (29.8) <0.001 38,773/31,549 16,549 (42.7) 9519 (30.2) 0.001
Age, years
<45 1741 1822 839 (48.2) 534 (29.3) <0.001 276 (15.9) 244 (13.4) <0.001 570 (32.7) 294 (16.1) <0.001 1227/
1151 289 (23.6) 260 (22.6) 0.001
45–64 15,703 10,931 11,647 (74.2) 6494 (54.9) 4401 (28.0) 3164 (28.9) 7438 (47.4) 3423 (31.3) 11,452/7868 4053 (35.4) 1951 (24.8)
≥65 36,698 30,924 28,771 (78.4) 21,072 (68.1) 13,953 (38.0) 11,939 (38.6) 15,029 (41.0) 9281 (30.0) 26,094/22,530 12,207 (46.8) 7308 (32.4)
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 35,907 26,608 27,496 (76.6) 16,930 (63.6) 0.009 12,500 (34.8) 9473 (35.6) 0.087 15,246 (42.5) 7.583 (28.5) 0.006 25,643/18,920 11,131 (43.4) 5681 (30.0) <0.001
Non-Hispanic Black 6279 8455 4521 (72.0) 5524 (65.3) 1945 (31.0) 2753 (32.6) 2620 (41.7) 2813 (33.3) 4761/ 6613 1806 (37.9) 1895 (28.7)
Non-Hispanic Asian 3409 2142 2730 (80.1) 1429 (66.7) 1419 (41.6) 919 (42.9) 1364 (40.0) 537 (25.1) 2394/ 1478 1048 (43.8) 461 (31.2)
Hispanic 6293 5052 4797 (76.2) 3329 (65.9) 1964 (31.2) 1713 (33.9) 2876 (45.7) 1657 (32.8) 4677/ 3710 2063 (44.1) 1235 (33.3)
Other 1251 738 959 (76.7) 460 (62.3) 460 (36.8) 262 (35.5) 507 (40.5) 208 (28.2) 765/ 477 295 (38.6) 145 (30.4)
Unknown 1003 682 754 (75.2) 428 (62.8) 342 (34.1) 227 (33.3) 424 (42.3) 200 (29.3) 533/351 206 (38.6) 102 (29.1)