Table 1. Characteristics of the participants according to statin therapy.
RIP, Ratio of family income to poverty; AA, Associates of Arts
Parenthesis represents standard error of the estimates.
| Statin users (n = 2,456) | Non-users (n = 3,805) | P value | |
| Six-month period, % | 0.816 | ||
| Nov 1st to Apr 30th | 38.7 (3.4) | 38.3 (3.4) | |
| May 1st to Oct 31th | 61.3 (3.4) | 61.7 (3.4) | |
| Age (years), mean | 70.4 (0.2) | 69.0 (0.1) | <0.0001 |
| Gender, % | <0.0001 | ||
| Male | 51.0 (1.1) | 42.0 (0.8) | |
| Female | 49.0 (1.1) | 58.0 (0.8) | |
| Race/ethnicity, % | <0.05 | ||
| Hispanics | 6.2 (0.9) | 7.8 (1.0) | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 81.1 (1.3) | 80.3 (1.5) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 7.7 (0.8) | 8.0 (0.8) | |
| Others | 5.0 (0.6) | 3.9 (0.4) | |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean | 29.8 (0.1) | 28.4 (0.1) | <0.0001 |
| Education, % | <0.05 | ||
| Less than high school | 21.8 (1.5) | 19.4 (1.2) | |
| High school graduate | 25.7 (1.4) | 22.4 (0.9) | |
| Some college or AA degree | 28.4 (1.4) | 29.1 (1.0) | |
| College graduate or above | 24.1 (1.4) | 29.1 (1.6) | |
| RIP, % | 0.101 | ||
| <1.00 | 8.6 (0.7) | 9.7 (0.6) | |
| ≥1.00 | 91.4 (0.7) | 90.3 (0.6) | |
| Smoking status, % | 0.0001 | ||
| Never | 45.2 (1.5) | 51.7 (1.1) | |
| Former | 44.5 (1.4) | 37.5 (0.9) | |
| Current | 10.8 (0.7) | 10.8 (0.7) | |
| Alcohol use, % | 0.470 | ||
| Yes | 70.1 (1.4) | 69.0 (1.4) | |
| No | 29.9 (1.4) | 31.0 (1.4) | |
| Physical activity status, % | 0.342 | ||
| Inactive | 56.3 (1.6) | 56.6 (1.4) | |
| <150 min/week | 14.7 (0.9) | 16.2 (0.8) | |
| ≥150 min/week | 29.0 (1.4) | 27.2 (1.3) | |
| General health condition, % | <0.05 | ||
| Good to excellent | 75.6 (1.2) | 80.2 (0.9) | |
| Fair to poor | 24.4 (1.2) | 19.8 (0.9) | |
| Diabetes, % | <0.0001 | ||
| Yes | 33.2 (1.2) | 15.9 (0.9) | |
| No | 66.8 (1.2) | 84.1 (0.9) | |
| High cholesterol, % | <0.0001 | ||
| Yes | 82.2 (0.9) | 38.9 (1.1) | |
| No | 17.8 (0.9) | 61.1 (1.1) | |
| Cardiovascular disease, % | <0.0001 | ||
| Yes | 66.0 (1.8) | 34.0 (1.8) | |
| No | 33.7 (1.0) | 66.3 (1.0) | |
| Vitamin D intake (IU), % | <0.05 | ||
| <400 | 43.5 (1.4) | 48.5 (0.9) | |
| 400-800 | 22.1 (0.9) | 21.2 (1.1) | |
| >800 | 34.4 (1.2) | 30.3 (1.1) | |
| 25(OH)D (nmol/L), mean | |||
| Total 25(OH)D | 79.0 (1.0) | 75.4 (0.8) | <0.05 |
| 25(OH)D3 | 71.5 (1.0) | 69.8 (0.9) | 0.081 |
| 25(OH)D2 | 7.5 (0.7) | 5.6 (0.4) | <0.05 |