Table 3.

Number of claims-based statin initiators and proportion with recent statin possession in the baseline period after implementing further exclusion criteria.

Study Exclusion Criteria	Number of Claims- Based Statin Initiators	% of Cohort Retained	% With Recent Statin Possession
Original cohort	766	100%	20.2%
+ At least one    inpatient/outpatient/office visit in    the prior 30 days	404	52.7%	15.1%
+ At least one Rx in the past 30 days	322	42.0%	13.7%
+ Index date not in January or    February	292	38.1%	12.7%
+ Generic index prescription	195	25.5%	11.8%