Table 4.
Events rates (Poisson regression) in Hispanic and non-Hispanic patients with a confirmed AMI for a composite drug use by multivariable logistic regression of the listed predictors.
| Composite drug index | (All AMI n = 387) | Event R. | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictors | b | P-value | |||
| Age | −0.002 | 0.157 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.00 |
| Men versus women | −0.022 | 0.66 | 0.98 | 0.89 | 1.07 |
| Hispanic/non-Hispanic white | 0.010 | 0.83 | 1.01 | 0.92 | 1.11 |
| Hx diabetes | 0.037 | 0.044 | 1.04 | 0.95 | 1.14 |
| Hx hypertension | 0.063 | 0.23 | 1.07 | 0.96 | 1.18 |
| Hx smoking | −0.010 | 0.084 | 0.99 | 0.90 | 1.09 |
| Renal failure | −0.173 | 0.003 | 0.84 | 0.75 | 0.94 |
| Hx previous MI | −0.045 | 0.41 | 0.96 | 0.86 | 1.06 |
| Hx previous revascularization | 0.106 | 0.082 | 1.11 | 0.99 | 1.25 |
| Private versus nonprivate insurance | 0.041 | 0.38 | 1.04 | 0.95 | 1.14 |
AMI: acute myocardial infarction; Drug Index: proportion of in-hospital and discharge use of drugs (please see Methods for details); Hx: history; MI: myocardial infarction.