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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Age Ageing. 2017 Nov 1;46(6):1001–1005. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afx100

Table 1. Prevalent statin use at study entry. Figures are frequencies (column percent).

Year of entry to study P value (test for trend)

2001-2005 2006-2010 2011-2015
Freq. % Freq. % Freq. %
Total 8,091 / 81,353 9.9 23,293 / 66,817 34.9 31,747 / 64,396 49.3 <0.001
Gender Male 3,013 / 24,251 12.4 8,780 / 22,004 39.9 12,492 / 22,746 54.9 <0.001
Female 5,078 / 57,102 8.9 14,513 / 44,813 32.4 19,255 / 41,650 46.2 <0.001
Age Group 80-84 4,367 / 23,673 18.5 10,764 / 23,132 46.5 13,486 / 23,060 58.5 <0.001
85-89 2,455 / 22,130 11.1 7,541 / 19,793 38.1 10,103 / 18,981 53.2 <0.001
90-94 1,060 / 20,412 5.2 3,863 / 15,327 25.2 6,233 / 14,724 42.3 <0.001
95-99 196 / 12,823 1.5 1,096 / 7,989 13.7 1,838 / 6,905 26.6 <0.001
100+ 13 / 2,315 0.6 29 / 576 5.0 87 / 726 12.0 <0.001
Frailty Fit 1,956 / 36,500 5.4 3,159 / 17,190 18.4 3,224 / 12,394 26.0 <0.001
Mild 3,458 / 28,373 12.2 8,855 / 25,744 34.4 10,587 / 23,052 45.9 <0.001
Moderate 1,993 / 12,691 15.7 7,478 / 16,811 44.4 10,954 / 18,814 58.2 <0.001
Severe 684 / 3,789 18.0 3,801 / 7,072 53.7 6,982 / 10,136 68.9 <0.001
Prevention Type Primary 2,251 / 57,155 3.9 7,815 / 43,397 18.0 12,146 / 39,892 30.4 <0.001
Secondary 5,840 / 24,198 24.1 15,478 / 23,420 66.1 19,601 / 24,504 80.0 <0.001