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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
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 3. Racial/Ethnic Difference in Medication Adherence to β-blockers, by Income*.

Panel A. 6-month Adherence

Dual Eligible ≤150% FPL >150% FPL

Race Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Black 0.59 (0.55, 0.63) 0.70 (0.65, 0.75) 0.56 (0.5, 0.63) 0.70 (0.61, 0.80) 0.81 (0.65, 1.01) 0.69 (0.62, 0.77)
Native 0.61 (0.49, 0.77) 0.70 (0.55, 0.9) 0.65 (0.41, 1.03) 0.77 (0.47, 1.26) 0.67 (0.58, 0.76) 0.84 (0.53, 1.33)
Hispanic 0.77 (0.71, 0.83) 0.84 (0.77, 0.92) 0.71 (0.6, 0.84) 0.82 (0.68, 1.00) 0.54 (0.49, 0.6) 0.77 (0.66, 0.89)
Asian 0.90 (0.8, 1.03) 0.82 (0.72, 0.95) 0.80 (0.56, 1.15) 0.73 (0.49, 1.08) 0.77 (0.47, 1.26) 0.85 (0.68, 1.07)
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Panel B. 1-year Adherence

Dual Eligible ≤150% FPL >150% FPL

Race Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI

Black 0.57 (0.54, 0.62) 0.70 (0.65, 0.76) 0.53 (0.47, 0.61) 0.64 (0.55, 0.74) 0.51 (0.45, 0.57) 0.65 (0.57, 0.73)
Native 0.61 (0.48, 0.78) 0.71 (0.55, 0.91) 0.57 (0.36, 0.92) 0.75 (0.45, 1.24) 0.66 (0.43, 1.03) 0.76 (0.48, 1.21)
Hispanic 0.71 (0.66, 0.77) 0.79 (0.72, 0.87) 0.65 (0.55, 0.78) 0.75 (0.61, 0.92) 0.69 (0.6, 0.8) 0.82 (0.7, 0.95)
Asian 0.87 (0.76, 0.99) 0.78 (0.68, 0.9) 0.97 (0.67, 1.42) 0.86 (0.57, 1.31) 0.91 (0.72, 1.15) 0.99 (0.78, 1.26)
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*

Bold denote statistically significant at p-value <0.05.

“Adjusted” models were adjusted for all covariates except for income as discussed in the Statistical Analysis section.