Table 1.

Patient Characteristics According to Sex

		Total	Female	Male	P
Age (years)	75–79	25,955	12,572	13,383	0.000
	80–84	18,626	9865	8761
	≥85	13,768	9128	4640
Income	low	17,145	12,599	4546	0.000
	medium	34,342	16,481	17,861
	high	6862	2485	4377
Charlson comorbidity index	0/2	9122	6036	3086	0.000
	3/4	15,247	8734	6513
	≥5	33,980	16,795	17,185
Region	Fukuoka/Itoshima	14,037	7482	6555	0.000
	Kasuya	2433	1281	1152
	Munagata	1714	929	785
	Chikushi	3690	1872	1818
	Asakura	1285	691	594
	Kurume	5492	3064	2428
	Yame/Chikugo	1863	994	869
	Ariake	3558	2005	1553
	Idsuka	2775	1621	1154
	Nogata	1750	959	791
	Tagawa	2097	1172	925
	Kitakyushu	14,988	8063	6925
	Keichiku	2667	1432	1235
Hypertension	No	7912	3696	4216	0.000
	Yes	50,437	27,869	22,568
Hyperlipidemia	No	20,031	9378	10,653	0.000
	Yes	38,318	22,187	16,131
Proportion of days covered	≤80%	24,107	13,182	10,925	0.017
	>80%	34,242	18,383	15,859
Acute myocardial infarction	No	57,916	31,348	26,568	0.095
	Yes	433	217	216
Ischemic heart disease	No	55,252	30,070	25,182	0.000
	Yes	3097	1495	1602
Hemorrhagic stroke	No	56,522	30,608	25,914	0.135
	Yes	1827	957	870
Ischemic stroke	No	55,980	30,441	25,539	0.000
	Yes	2369	1124	1245
Peripheral arterial disease	No	57,378	31,107	26,271	0.000
	Yes	971	458	513
Inpatient death	No	52,822	28,962	23,860	0.000
	Yes	5527	2603	2924