Table 2.

Unadjusted percent self-reported adherence and nonadherence by condition

Covariate	Hypertension		P-value	Dyslipidemia		P-value	Type 2 diabetes		P-value
	Adherent n=578	Nonadherent n=338		Adherent n=518	Nonadherent n=330		Adherent n=279	Nonadherent n=168
Depressive symptoms
MHI >65 (yes)	59.9	40.1	0.059	54.1	45.9	0.001	58.6	41.4	0.102
MHI <65 (no)	65.2	34.8		65.6	34.4		64.9	35.1
Age (years)
40–64	59.2	40.8	0.034	54.3	45.7	0.001	58.2	41.8	0.092
65+	65.3	34.5		65.3	34.7		65.0	35.0
Sex
Male	63.8	36.2	0.068	61.4	38.6	0.264	63.9	36.1	0.009
Female	52.7	42.3		55.6	44.4		38.5	61.5
Race
White	65.1	34.9	0.139	66.0	34.0	<0.001	65.8	34.2	0.145
Black	58.2	41.8		51.2	48.3		56.2	43.8
Other	66.7	33.3		53.1	46.9		62.5	37.5
Marital
Married	63.9	36.1	0.390	64.5	35.6	0.013	64.7	35.3	0.389
Divorced/widowed	61.7	38.3		52.5	47.5		58.1	41.9
Never married	58.8	41.2		55.8	44.2		56.9	43.1
Unknown	100	0.0		40.0	60.0		100.0	0.0
Pays health care copay
Yes	61.3	38.7	0.797	67.1	32.9	0.058	66.4	33.6	0.528
No	63.6	36.4		58.8	41.2		61.3	38.7
Unknown	66.7	36.9
Pays prescription copay
Yes	60.9	39.1	0.118	62.0	38.0	0.759	62.9	37.1	0.924
No	68.2	31.8		59.0	41.0		61.6	38.4
Unknown	66.7	33.3
Number of conditions
1	85.7	14.3	0.458			0.792			0.879
2	62.2	37.8		62.4	37.6		65.8	34.2
3	64.2	35.8		60.1	39.9		61.6	38.4
4	55.6	44.4		58.8	41.2		60.7	39.3
Number of VA prescribers
0	62.6	37.4	0.278			0.433			0.157
1	63.7	36.3		60.6	39.4		65.5	34.5
2	63.2	36.8		57.5	42.5		63.9	36.1
3	53.9	46.2		61.8	38.2		43.6	56.4
4	72.7	27.3		60.4	39.6		63.4	36.6

Note: Percentages and P-values estimated using Fisher’s exact test.

Abbreviations: MHI, Mental Health Inventory; VA, veterans’ affairs.