Table 3.

Subgroup analysis of statin therapy duration and recent statin use

	Model 1* Odds ratio (95% CI)	Model 2** Odds ratio (95% CI)
No statin use	1 (Reference)	1 (Reference)
Cumulative duration < 6 months
Recent use within 6 months***	2.04 (1.69,2.47)	1.48 (1.21,1.82)
No recent use	1.17 (0.95,1.43)	0.82 (0.65,1.02)
Cumulative duration ≥ than 6 months
Recent use within 6 months***	1.41 (1.23,1.61)	1.0 (0.87,1.15)
No recent use	1.15 (0.82,1.62)	0.86 (0.61,1.23)

*Model 1 was adjusted for age and sex

**Model 2 was adjusted for age, sex, drinking, smoking, regular exercise, body mass index, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, triglyceride, waist circumference and hypertension

***Recent use was defined as the presence of statin prescription within 6 months of outcome