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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 29.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 2012 Feb 27;172(6):477–483. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1977

Table 2.

Median medication possession ratio in entire cohort and in select, prespecified strata

Intervention Control
N MPR- Median
(IQR)
N MPR- Median
(IQR)
P value
Intention to treat 1046 49 (7, 88) 1041 41 (2, 86) 0.074

Subgroup analyses P value (interaction)

Age, years 0.045
  65–74 346 48 (7, 87) 362 31 (0, 80)
  75 and over 700 49 (6, 88) 679 46 (2, 90)
Gender 0.27
  Female 986 50 (7, 88) 971 41 (2, 86)
  Male 60 20 (0, 81) 70 38 (0, 83)
Prior fracture 0.058
  Yes 303 46 (7, 87) 285 51 (12, 85)
  No 723 50 (7, 88) 708 35 (0, 86)
Marital status 0.17
  Married 228 52 (7, 90) 231 32 (0, 83)
  Other** 818 48 (7, 87) 810 44 (3, 87)
Race 0.065
  White 942 50 (7, 90) 909 40 (0, 87)
  Non-white 104 35 (4, 76) 132 43 (11, 79)

MPR, medication possession ratio; IQR, interquartile range

P-values derived from Wilcoxon Rank Sum test.

**

Other refers to widowed, divorced, or single.