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Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2012 Aug 3;164(3):425–433.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.05.021

Table 2. Racial/Ethnic Difference in 6-month and 1-year Medication Adherence to β-blockers ^*.

Panel A. Disabled

	6-Month Adherence				1-year Adherence

Race	Unadjusted		Fully Adjusted^†		Unadjusted		Fully Adjusted^†
Race	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Black	0.55	(0.51, 0.61)	0.69	(0.62, 0.76)	0.52	(0.48, 0.58)	0.66	(0.59, 0.74)
Native	0.70	(0.48, 1.01)	0.71	(0.48, 1.06)	0.61	(0.42, 0.89)	0.61	(0.41, 0.92)
Hispanic	0.75	(0.66, 0.85)	0.88	(0.76, 1.03)	0.75	(0.66, 0.86)	0.89	(0.76, 1.04)
Asian	0.80	(0.59, 1.08)	0.86	(0.61, 1.19)	0.79	(0.58, 1.08)	0.81	(0.58, 1.14)
White	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference

Panel B. Aged

	6-Month Adherence				1-year Adherence

Race	Unadjusted		Fully Adjusted ^†		Unadjusted		Fully Adjusted ^†
Race	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI

Black	0.63	(0.59, 0.67)	0.71	(0.67, 0.76)	0.63	(0.59, 0.67)	0.70	(0.65, 0.75)
Native	0.64	(0.52, 0.79)	0.71	(0.57, 0.89)	0.66	(0.53, 0.82)	0.72	(0.57, 0.92)
Hispanic	0.76	(0.71, 0.81)	0.82	(0.76, 0.89)	0.72	(0.67, 0.77)	0.77	(0.71, 0.84)
Asian	0.88	(0.78, 0.98)	0.82	(0.73, 0.93)	0.90	(0.80, 1.01)	0.84	(0.74, 0.95)
White	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference

^*

Bold denote statistically significant at p-value <0.05.

^†

“Fully Adjusted” means adjusted for all covariates discussed in the Statistical Analysis section.