Skip to main content
. 2016 Nov 15;13(11):e1002169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002169

Table 3. Proportion of stroke and transient ischaemic attack patients under-prescribed one, two, or three prevention drugs (lipid-lowering, anticoagulant, or antihypertensive drugs).

Number of Prevention Drugs Not Prescribed When Clinically Indicated Proportion of Stroke/TIA Patients Not Prescribed Prevention Drugs When Clinically Indicated, Percent (Frequency)*
1 83.2 (7,969/9,579)
2 16.4 (1,576/9,579)
3 0.4 (34/9,579)

*Number of people with prevention drugs not prescribed divided by the number of people eligible for one or more prevention drug.

TIA, transient ischaemic attack.