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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Lipidol. 2010 Jan;4(1):36–45. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2009.12.006

Table 2.

Proportion of women at each visit who were taking or not taking a secondary prevention medication following an adjudicated CHD diagnosis. For the 2nd and 3rd visit after the first visit following a CHD diagnosis, the proportion of women attending the visit is displayed to reflect use of the drug at the previous visit and drug use at that visit.

Drug class On drug at 1st visit after Diagnosis n/N*
Percent (95% CI) attending 1st visit
On drug at 2nd visit after diagnosis n/N*
Percent (95% CI) attending 2nd visit
On drug at 3rd visit after diagnosis n/N*
Percent (95% CI) Attending 3rd visit
Statin Yes 1039/1669
62.3 (59.9, 64.6)
Yes 371/423
87.7 (84.2, 90.7)
Yes 86/96
89.6 (81.7, 94.9)
No 10/96
10.4 (5.1, 18.3)
No 52/423
12.3 (9.3, 15.8)
Yes 10/15
66.7 (38.4, 88.2)
No 5/15
33.3 (11.8, 61.6)
Statin No 630/1669
37.8 (35.4, 40.1)
Yes 134/298
45.0 (39.2, 50.8)
Yes 43/51
84.3 (71.4, 93.0)
No 8/51
15.7 (7.0, 28.6)
No 164/298
55.0 (49.2, 60.8)
Yes 26/65
40.0 (28.0, 52.9)
No 39/65
60.0(47.1, 72.0)
Aspirin Yes 1240/1669
74.3 (72.1, 76.4)
Yes 456/542
84.1 (80.8, 87.1)
Yes 123/147
83.7 (76.7, 89.3)
No 24/147
16.3 (10.8, 23.3)
No 86/542
15.9 (12.9, 19.2)
Yes 16/25
64.0 (42.5, 82.0)
No 9/25
36.0 (18.0, 57.5)
Aspirin No 4297/1669
25.7 (23.6, 27.9)
Yes 94/179
52.5 (44.9, 60.0)
Yes 22/25
88.0 (68.8, 97.5)
No 3/25
12.0 (2.6, 31.2)
No 85/179
47.5 (40.0, 55.1)
Yes 13/30
43.3 (25.5, 62.6)
No 17/30
56.7 (37.4, 74.5)
Beta-blocker Yes 965/1669
57.8 (55.4, 60.2)
Yes 330/385
85.7 (81.8, 89.1)
Yes 88/100
88.0 (80.0, 93.6)
No 12/100
12.0 (6.4, 20.0)
No 55/385
14.3 (11.0, 18.2)
Yes 5/15
33.3 (11.8, 61.6)
No 10/15
66.7 (38.4, 88.2)
Beta-blocker No 704/1669
42.2 (39.8, 44.6)
Yes 84/336
25.0 (20.5, 30.0)
Yes 13/18
72.2 (46.5, 90.3)
No 5/18
27.8 ( 9.7, 53.5)
No 252/336
75.0 (70.0, 79.5)
Yes 17/94
18.1 (10.9, 27.4)
No 77/94
81.9 (72.6, 89.1)
ACEI/ARB Yes 667/1669
40.0 (37.6, 42.4)
Yes 186/245
75.9 (70.1, 81.1)
Yes 39/52
75.0 (61.1, 86.0)
No 13/52
25.0 (14.0, 39.0)
No 59/245
24.1 (18.9, 29.9)
Yes 2/9
22.2 (2.8, 60.0)
No 7/9
77.8 (40.0, 97.2)
ACEI/ARB No 1002/1669
60.0 (57.6, 62.4)
Yes 90/476
18.9 (15.5, 22.7)
Yes 17/26
65.4 (44.3, 82.8)
No 9/26
34.6 (17.2, 55.7)
No 386/476
81.1 (77.3, 84.5)
Yes 29/140
20.7 (14.3, 28.4)
No 111/140
79.3 (71.6, 85.7)

ACEI/ARB=Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin-II receptor blocker

*

n/N = number meeting criteria/number attending that visit