Table 3.
Association of Adherence Measures to Cholesterol Lowering in Participants Randomized to an Active Lipid-Lowering Drug
| Adherence measure | n | Chi-square value |
p value | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EEM (3-week doses) | 84 | 9.386 | .002 | 5.348 | [1.721–16.615] |
| EEM (3 week days) | 84 | 0.097 | .775 | 1.179 | [0.419–3.311] |
| EEM (3-week interval) | 84 | 0.851 | .356 | 1.676 | [0.556–5.057] |
| EEM (3-week coverage) | 84 | 0.106 | .744 | 1.155 | [0.485–2.748] |
| Pill count | 84 | 0.969 | .325 | 1.852 | [0.536–6.391] |
| Shea Scale | 83 | 4.431 | .035 | 2.678 | [1.058–6.781] |
| Morisky Scale | 83 | 2.352 | .125 | 2.214 | [0.792–6.190] |
| Haynes Item | 83 | 0.420 | .517 | 1.448 | [0.472–4.444] |
Note: EEM = electronic event monitoring.