Table 3. Factors Associated With Receipt of All Four Beneficial Cardiac Medications in Men 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 | 0.55 | 0.36,0.83 | 0.53 | 0.32,0.86 | 0.49 | 0.30,0.79 | 1.04 | 0.46,2.37 |
2 | 0.55 | 0.37,0.82 | 1.05 | 0.68,1.63 | 0.69 | 0.45,1.05 | 1.03 | 0.48,2.24 |
Acute myocardial infarction characteristics | ||||||||
Initial | 0.82 | 0.58,1.15 | 1.03 | 0.69,1.55 | 1.11 | 0.76,1.64 | 1.65 | 0.82,3.32 |
Q wave | 1.41 | 1.11,1.78 | 0.96 | 0.67,1.37 | 0.89 | 0.57,1.39 | 0.74 | 0.30,1.87 |
Clinical complications | ||||||||
Heart failure | 0.91 | 0.67,1.25 | 0.96 | 0.68,1.36 | 0.93 | 0.66,1.32 | 0.74 | 0.40,1.37 |
Cardiogenic shock | 1.41 | 0.77,2.57 | 1.73 | 0.83,3.59 | 1.27 | 0.57,2.83 | 6.26 | 0.68,57.65 |
Atrial fibrillation | 0.73 | 0.47,1.13 | 0.91 | 0.62,1.34 | 0.73 | 0.51,1.06 | 1.18 | 0.61,2.30 |
Discharged alive | 5.33 | 1.98,14.35 | 2.04 | 0.91,4.55 | 1.69 | 0.87,3.28 | 4.38 | 1.37,14.04 |
Revascularization procedures | 3.88 | 2.84,5.29 | 2.48 | 1.75,3.51 | 2.57 | 1.81,3.64 | 8.20 | 4.23,15.89 |
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