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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2008 Dec;17(12):1189–1196. doi: 10.1002/pds.1671

Table 2.

Multivariable predictors of the odds of being fully adherent

Predictor Statin Beta—blocker ACEI /ARB All of statin, beta—blocker,
and ACEI/ARB
Year of discharge (per year) 1.08 (1.06–1.10) 1.03 (1.02–1.05) 0.99 (0.98–1.01) 1.09 (1.06–1.12)
Demographics
 Age (per year) 1.00 (1.00–1.01) 1.00 (1.00–1.01) 1.00 (1.00–1.01) 1.00 (0.99–1.01)
 Male 1.07 (0.97–1.17) 0.88 (0.82–0.94) 0.93 (0.86–1.00) 0.85 (0.74–0.98)
 White race 1.79 (1.56–2.05) 1.54 (1.40–1.70) 1.46 (1.32–1.61) 1.74 (1.43–2.11)
 Nursing home residence* 1.05 (0.86–1.27) 1.22 (1.08–1.38) 1.30 (1.15–1.47) 1.41 (1.06–1.87)
Co—morbid conditions
 Congestive heart failure 0.99 (0.91–1.08) 1.00 (0.94–1.07) 1.25 (1.16–1.34) 1.02 (0.90–1.16)
 Cerebrovascular disease 1.04 (0.95–1.13) 0.97 (0.97–1.04) 1.02 (0.96–1.09) 0.99 (0.87–1.12)
 Peripheral vascular disease 1.06 (0.97–1.17) 1.04 (0.97–1.11) 0.98 (0.92–1.06) 1.05 (0.92–1.19)
 Hypertension 1.14 (1.03–1.26) 1.15 (1.07–1.24) 1.08 (1.00–1.17) 1.20 (1.02–1.40)
 Diabetes 1.00 (0.92–1.08) 0.97 (0.92–1.03) 1.05 (0.98–1.12) 1.05 (0.93–1.19)
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 0.82 (0.75–0.89) 0.83 (0.91–1.04) 0.87 (0.81–0.93) 0.76 (0.67–0.86)
 Chronic kidney disease 1.13 (1.02–1.25) 1.05 (0.98–1.14) 0.80 (0.73–0.86) 0.89 (0.76–1.03)
Procedures on index hospitalization
 Angioplasty or stent insertion 1.03 (0.94–1.13) 1.09 (1.01–1.17) 0.89 (0.82–0.97) 1.05 (0.92–1.19)
 CABG 0.79 (0.69–0.90) 0.99 (0.89–1.10) 0.84 (0.75–0.94) 0.84 (0.69–1.03)
Health system use
 Concurrent drugs (per drug) 1.01 (1.00–1.02) 1.01 (1.00–1.01) 1.01 (1.00–1.01) 1.00 (0.99–1.01)
 Hospitalizations in prior year (per day) 0.99 (0.99–1.00) 0.99 (0.99–1.00) 0.99 (0.99–1.00) 0.99 (0.99–1.00)
 Number of outpatient visits in prior year 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.99 (0.99–1.00) 0.99 (0.99–1.00) 1.00 (0.99–1.01)
*

During the year prior to the index MI.