Table 3 Use of statins after diagnosis of IHD in cases (patients with IHD who died) and controls.

Use of statins after diagnosis of IHD	Proportion of cases (n = 2266)	Proportion of controls (n = 9064)
Any statin
Not prescribed drug	1821 (80.4%)	6761 (74.6%)
Last script >90 days before index date	119 (5.3%)	224 (2.5%)
Last script ⩽90 days before index date	326 (14.4%)	2079 (22.9%)
Atorvastatin
Not prescribed drug	2102 (92.8%)	8177 (90.2%)
Last script >90 days before index date	53 (2.3%)	141 (1.6%)
Last script ⩽90 days before index date	111 (4.9%)	746 (8.2%)
Cerivastatin
Not prescribed drug	2227 (98.3%)	8897 (98.2%)
Last script >90 days before index date	29 (1.3%)	104 (1.1%)
Last script ⩽90 days before index date	10 (0.4%)	63 (0.7%)
Fluvastatin
Not prescribed drug	2246 (99.1%)	8932 (98.5%)
Last script >90 days before index date	10 (0.4%)	50 (0.6%)
Last script ⩽90 days before index date	10 (0.4%)	82 (0.9%)
Pravastatin
Not prescribed drug	2238 (98.8%)	8897 (98.2%)
Last script >90 days before index date	9 (0.4%)	51 (0.6%)
Last script ⩽90 days before index date	19 (0.8%)	116 (1.3%)
Simvastatin
Not prescribed drug	2001 (88.3%)	7699 (84.9%)
Last script >90 days before index date	89 (3.9%)	288 (3.2%)
Last script ⩽90 days before index date	176 (7.8%)	1077 (11.9%)