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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2008 May 27;47(2):161–166. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.05.009

Table 4. Joint use of aspirin and Non-steroidal agents.

Sample size Pattern used (percent) P value
Neither Aspirin alone NSAIDS alone Both
Total 16858 58.8 27.1 9.7 4.4
Region Other regions 7950 59.9 26.8 9.2 4.0 0.0041
Stroke Belt 8896 57.8 27.3 10.1 4.8
Race White 9726 54.6 29.2 10.7 5.4 <0.0001
Black 7127 64.5 24.2 8.3 3.1
Gender Male 7347 56.3 32.9 6.7 4.1 <0.0001
Female 9508 60.7 22.6 11.9 4.7
Age Group 45-54 1902 71.5 14.7 11.5 2.3 <0.0001
55-64 7089 59.4 24.8 11.1 4.6
65-74 5403 54.8 32.0 8.3 4.9
75-84 2199 55.2 32.5 7.4 5.0
85+ 256 61.3 32.0 4.3 2.3
Income <$20K 2872 61.7 23.9 10.4 4.0 <0.0001
$20K-$34K 3994 61.0 25.5 9.1 4.4
$35K-74K 5242 57.9 28.0 9.8 4.3
$75+ 2739 54.1 31.0 9.5 5.3
Years of Education <high school 1942 62.4 25.1 8.4 4.1 <0.0001
high school 4302 60.2 26.0 9.7 4.1
Some College 4554 59.6 25.3 10.6 4.5
College+ 6048 56.0 29.8 9.4 4.8
Perceived Health Excellent 3138 62.3 26.7 7.3 3.7 <0.0001
Very good 5569 59.7 27.7 8.6 3.9
Good 5720 57.4 27.2 10.5 5.0
Fair 2032 56.2 25.8 12.6 5.4
Poor 365 50.1 27.4 17.0 5.5
Hypertension No 7716 64.9 22.2 9.8 3.1 <0.0001
Yes 9046 53.6 31.3 9.6 5.5
Diabetes No 13189 60.1 25.6 10.00 4.3 <0.0001
Yes 3055 51.9 35.0 7.99 5.1
Dyslipidemia No 7425 64.3 22.2 10.03 3.5 <0.0001
Yes 8803 53.7 31.7 9.25 5.4
Smoking Status Never 7837 60.9 25.8 9.02 4.3 <0.0001
Past 6614 54.6 30.2 10.1 5.1
Current 2340 63.4 22.6 10.7 3.3
Alcohol Use Never 5014 61.9 25.4 8.7 4.0 <0.0001
Past 2833 59.9 26.3 10.0 3.8
Current 9011 56.7 28.3 10.1 4.9
Framingham Coronary Risk Score <Q1 4022 63.7 20.4 11.8 4.1 <0.0001
Q1-Median 4019 57.3 27.2 10.4 5.2
Median-Q3 4015 56.0 30.7 8.7 4.6
Q3 or higher 4016 57.1 31.2 7.7 4.0
Famingham Stroke Risk Score <Q1 2454 68.5 15.0 13.2 3.3 <0.0001
Q1-Median 2456 60.6 25.2 10.0 4.2
Median-Q3 2455 54.5 29.3 10.6 5.6
Q3 or higher 2449 53.3 33.1 7.9 5.7

These cross-sectional associations are described in a national cohort (with oversampling of the southeastern “stroke belt”) of African American and white participants evaluated between January 2003 and August 2006.