Table 2.
Prevalence of Low‐Dose Aspirin Use for Primary Prevention of CVD by 10‐Year CVD Risk Categories, According to Different Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics, in the SCCS
| Variable | Prevalence of Low‐Dose Aspirin Use, n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Risk (n=8231) | P Valuea | Intermediate Risk (n=12 409) | P Valuea | High Risk (n=44 591) | P Valuea | |
| Year of SCCS enrollment | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| 2002–2003 | 101 (4.6) | 244 (7.3) | 1784 (13.8) | |||
| 2004–2005 | 285 (8.6) | 638 (12.8) | 3524 (21.8) | |||
| 2006–2007 | 161 (9.1) | 368 (13.6) | 2421 (25.1) | |||
| 2008–2009 | 67 (7.2) | 192 (13.7) | 1358 (23.2) | |||
| Age, y | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| 40–49 | 451 (6.3) | 746 (8.8) | 1820 (11.6) | |||
| 50–59 | 156 (14.2) | 540 (16.1) | 3718 (20.9) | |||
| 60–69 | 7 (25.9) | 155 (26.4) | 2611 (30.8) | |||
| 70–79 | ··· | 1 (14.3) | 938 (36.1) | |||
| Sex | 0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Female | 600 (7.7) | 1296 (12.7) | 5464 (25.8) | |||
| Male | 14 (3.2) | 146 (6.6) | 3623 (15.5) | |||
| Race/ethnicity | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Black | 341 (6.1) | 818 (9.8) | 5665 (17.8) | |||
| White | 273 (10.2) | 624 (15.5) | 3422 (26.8) | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | 0.908 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 612 (7.5) | 1375 (11.4) | 5238 (16.1) | |||
| Yes | 2 (6.9) | 67 (17.9) | 3849 (32.1) | |||
| History of ulcer | 0.004 | 0.364 | 0.002 | |||
| No | 537 (7.2) | 1281 (11.5) | 7882 (20.2) | |||
| Yes | 77 (10.1) | 161 (12.4) | 1205 (22.0) | |||
| Concomitant NSAIDs | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 433 (6.6) | 984 (10.1) | 6851 (18.9) | |||
| Yes | 181 (10.9) | 458 (17.4) | 2236 (27.0) | |||
| Health insurance | 0.032 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| No | 228 (6.7) | 516 (9.4) | 2785 (15.2) | |||
| Yes | 385 (8.0) | 918 (13.4) | 6267 (24.0) | |||
| Annual household income | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| <$15 000 | 229 (6.0) | 570 (9.1) | 4549 (17.6) | |||
| $15 000 to <$25 000 | 116 (6.1) | 322 (11.5) | 1938 (20.4) | |||
| $25 000 to <$50 000 | 133 (9.5) | 279 (14.1) | 1456 (25.4) | |||
| ≥$50 000 | 136 (11.9) | 271 (19.7) | 1144 (33.3) | |||
| Education | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Less than high school | 90 (5.7) | 232 (8.5) | 2526 (17.8) | |||
| High school completed | 180 (6.6) | 450 (10.4) | 2846 (18.8) | |||
| Higher than high school | 344 (8.7) | 760 (14.2) | 3715 (24.3) | |||
Values are frequencies (percentages). Framingham risk scores were stratified into 3 mutually exclusive categories: low risk (<6%), intermediate risk (6–9.9%), and high risk (≥10%). CVD indicates cardiovascular disease; SCCS, Southern Community Cohort Study.
a
Crude frequency distributions of categorical variables within each category of CVD risk were compared using chi‐square tests.