Table 1.

Demographic and hospitalization-related characteristics among adherent statin users prior to admission.

Characteristics	Statin continuation (N = 232)		Non-continuation (N = 401)		p value
	N /median	% /IQR	N /median	% /IQR
Age (years)	62	55–76	61	56–68	0.1928
Gender					0.6749
Female	99	42.67	178	44.39
Male	133	57.33	223	55.61
Race					0.8387
Black	17	7.3	34	8.5
Other	33	14.2	53	13.2
White	182	78.5	314	78.3
Census region					0.1168
East North Central	45	19.4	57	14.21
East South Central	5	2.16	5	1.25
Middle Atlantic	10	4.31	21	5.24
Mountain	13	5.60	22	5.49
New England	7	3.02	5	1.25
Pacific	27	11.64	32	7.98
South Atlantic	64	27.59	153	38.15
West North Central	27	11.64	45	11.22
West South Central	34	14.66	61	15.21
Admission Type					0.2932
Emergency	225	96.98	382	95.26
Non-emergency	7	3.02	19	4.74
Admitting physician facility					0.7205
Intensive care/surgery	8	3.45	18	4.49
Medicine	93	40.09	167	41.65
Other	131	56.47	216	53.87
Diagnosis-related group (DRG) description					0.1988
Non-ventilation	224	96.55	378	94.26
Ventilation	8	3.45	23	5.74
Hospital admission year					0.2553
2010	41	17.67	85	21.20
2011	95	40.95	143	35.66
2012	96	41.38	173	43.15

Data are median and interquartile range (IQR) or number and percent of patients.