Table 2.

Univariate associations between CVD risk factors and medication non-adherence

CVD risk factors	Comparisons	OR (95%CI)	p value
		Missed blood pressure pills (yes vs. no)
Age	≥65 years vs. <65 years	0.69 (0.25, 1.89)	0.47
Sex	Male vs. female	1.65 (0.72, 3.78)	0.24
Race/ethnicity	Minority vs. white	2.05 (0.79, 5.30)	0.14
Current/past smoker	Yes vs. no	3.42 (1.26, 9.27)	0.02
Depression	Score≥5 vs. <5 on INTERHEART questionnaire	2.47 (1.01 6.05)	0.04
Felt sad or blue 2 weeks or more in a row	Yes vs. no	2.53 (1.10, 5.82)	0.02
Eat outside the home	≥2 vs. <2 times per week	1.63 (0.710, 3.73)	0.25
Eat fast food	≥2 vs. <2 times per week	2.84 (1.11, 7.23)	0.03
Blood pressure	≥140/90 vs. <140/90 mm Hg	6.56 (2.19, 19.6)	<0.01
Total cholesterol	≥240 vs. <240 mg/dL	0.56 (0.13, 2.45)	0.44
		Missed cholesterol pills (yes vs. no)
Age	≥65 years vs. <65 years	0.17 (0.04, 0.72)	0.02
Sex	Male vs. female	0.72 (0.34, 1.55)	0.41
Race/ethnicity	Minority vs. white	1.21 (0.53, 2.61)	0.62
Current/past smoker	Yes vs. no	1.86 (0.67, 5.19)	0.24
Depression	Score≥5 vs. <5 on INTERHEART questionnaire	2.02 (0.88, 4.61)	0.09
Felt sad or blue 2 weeks or more in a row	Yes vs. no	0.95 (0.43, 2.08)	0.89
Eat outside the home	≥2 vs. <2 times per week	2.26 (1.06, 4.81)	0.03
Eat fast food	≥2 vs. <2 times per week	1.96 (0.80, 4.82)	0.14
Total cholesterol	≥240 vs. <240 mg/dL	1.59 (0.62, 4.10)	0.33
Blood pressure	≥140/90 vs. <140/90 mm Hg	0.84 (0.39, 1.77)	0.65