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Demographics of the cohort for the initiation of statin therapy study
| Total number of patients | 6,732,469 | |
| Sex | Male | 3,211,813 (47.7%) |
| Female | 3,520,656 (52.3%) | |
| Townsend score quintile | 1 (least deprived) | 1,566,745 (23.3%) |
| 2 | 1,384,301 (20.6%) | |
| 3 | 1,444,198 (21.4%) | |
| 4 | 1,359,639 (20.2%) | |
| 5 (most deprived) | 977,586 (14.5%) | |
| Mean age at start of observation | 39.2 years |
