Table 2. Factors Associated With Receipt of All Four Beneficial Cardiac Medications in Women With Acute Myocardial Infarction According to Age (years).
Clinical Characteristics | <65 | 65-74 | 75-84 | ≥85 | ||||
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O.R. | 95% CI | O.R. | 95% CI | O.R. | 95% CI | O.R. | 95% CI | |
Comorbid conditions | ||||||||
0-1 | 0.73 | 0.39,1.37 | 0.65 | 0.37,1.13 | 0.84 | 0.53,1.34 | 0.80 | 0.43,1.48 |
2 | 1.18 | 0.62,2.24 | 0.81 | 0.48,1.35 | 1.27 | 0.84,1.93 | 0.91 | 0.54,1.52 |
Acute myocardial infarction characteristics | ||||||||
Initial | 1.44 | 0.80,2.59 | 1.56 | 0.97,2.51 | 1.53 | 1.03,2.27 | 1.40 | 0.84,2.34 |
Q wave | 1.34 | 0.87,2.08 | 0.84 | 0.52,1.38 | 1.19 | 0.80,1.75 | 0.94 | 0.54,1.63 |
Clinical complications | ||||||||
Heart failure | 0.79 | 0.49,1.25 | 0.83 | 0.56,1.24 | 0.88 | 0.63,1.21 | 0.87 | 0.58,1.32 |
Cardiogenic shock | 0.82 | 0.34,1.94 | 1.30 | 0.53,3.17 | 1.94 | 0.90,4.18 | 1.07 | 0.39,2.90 |
Atrial fibrillation | 1.25 | 0.62,2.52 | 1.00 | 0.59,1.70 | 0.71 | 0.48,1.04 | 0.56 | 0.36,0.88 |
Discharged alive | 1.76 | 0.62,4.98 | 2.08 | 0.86,5.02 | 2.54 | 1.38,4.70 | 3.96 | 1.85,8.49 |
Revascularization procedures | 2.90 | 1.81,4.65 | 2.26 | 1.53,3.34 | 3.80 | 2.72,5.30 | 4.70 | 2.86,7.71 |
Referent categories: presence of ≥3 comorbidities, prior acute myocardial infarction, non-Q wave acute myocardial infarction, absence of selected hospital clinical complications, dead at discharge, and lack of receipt of revascularization procedures