Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients with and without discharge statins.

		Overall		No Statin		Statin
		N = 13,024		N = 1,983		N = 11,078		P value
Age (mean, SD)		68 ±10.9		68 ±10.6		68.1±10.9		0.91
Female		2557	20.6%	410	21.7%	2147	20.4%	0.23
Body mass index (mean,SD)		24.2 ±3.6		24.1 ±13.5		24.2±3.7		0.42
Medical History
	Myocardial infarction	3062	24.6%	452	23.9%	2610	24.9%	0.34
	Heart failure	1101	8.9%	170	9.0%	931	8.9%	0.9
	PCI	4650	37.3%	695	36.7%	3955	37.6%	0.45
	CABG	672	5.5%	96	5.1%	576	5.5%	0.47
Diabetes mellitus		5137	41.9%	800	42.4%	4337	41.5%	0.64
Chronic Kidney Disease		3701	28.3%	781	39.9%	2920	26.6%	<0.001
	Hemodialysis	578	4.4%	76	4.0%	502	4.8%	0.14
Cerebrovascular disease		1108	8.5%	177	9.4%	931	8.9%	0.51
Peripheral vascular disease		1040	8.0%	163	8.6%	877	8.4%	0.75
Chronic lung disease		381	2.9%	52	2.8%	329	3.1%	0.36
Hypertension		9268	70.9%	1405	74.4%	7863	75.2%	0.44
Smoking		4181	32.0%	624	33.1%	3557	34.1%	0.37
Dyslipidemia		8173	62.5%	1239	65.7%	6934	66.4%	0.56
Family history of CAD		1440	11.0%	223	11.9%	1217	11.8%	0.86
Cancer		487	3.7%	68	3.8%	419	4.1%	0.45
Cardiogenic shock		552	4.2%	86	4.3%	466	4.2%	0.81
Acute coronary syndrome		6022	46.1%	923	46.5%	5099	46.1%	0.3
Discharge medications
	Aspirin	12894	98.7%	1912	96.1%	10982	99.1%	<0.001
	Clopidogrel	11924	91.2%	1712	86.1%	10212	92.2%	<0.001
	RAAS inhibitor	8659	66.3%	1136	57.1%	7523	67.9%	<0.001
	Beta-blockers	9166	70.1%	1014	51.0%	8152	73.6%	<0.001
	Warfarin	1255	9.6%	241	12.1%	1014	9.2%	<0.001

Abbreviations: CAD; Coronary artery disease, SD; Standard deviation, PCI; Percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG; Coronary arterial bypass graft, LDL; Low-density lipoprotein, HDL; High-density lipoprotein, RAAS; Renin angiotensin aldosterone system