Table 1.
Cohort characteristics.
| On Statin | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | N (total = 2,297) | % | N (total = 18,466) | % |
| Age | ||||
| 18–34 | 17 | 0.7% | 4,581 | 24.8% |
| 35–49 | 166 | 7.2% | 4,104 | 22.2% |
| 50–64 | 684 | 29.8% | 4,800 | 26.0% |
| 65+ | 1,430 | 62.3% | 4,981 | 27.0% |
| Sex (%) | ||||
| Male | 1,222 | 53.2% | 8,848 | 47.9% |
| Female | 1,075 | 46.8% | 9,618 | 52.1% |
| Race | ||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 40 | 1.7% | 532 | 2.9% |
| Asian or Pacific islander | 91 | 4.0% | 594 | 3.2% |
| Black or African American | 742 | 32.3% | 5,378 | 29.1% |
| Mixed racial group | 232 | 10.1% | 2,985 | 16.2% |
| Other racial group | ||||
| White | 1,192 | 51.9% | 8,977 | 48.6% |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 630 | 27.4% | 6,555 | 35.5% |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,667 | 72.6% | 11,911 | 64.5% |
| Condition | ||||
| Hypertension | 1,833 | 79.8% | 7,481 | 40.5% |
| Diabetes | 1,254 | 54.6% | 4,365 | 23.6% |
| COPD | 321 | 14.0% | 1,171 | 6.3% |
| Obesity/High BMI | 694 | 30.2% | 4,163 | 22.5% |
| High cholesterol/Hyperlipidemia | 1,530 | 66.6% | 3,849 | 20.8% |
| ASCVD | 898 | 39.1% | 2,406 | 13.0% |
| Outcome | ||||
| Death | 369 | 16.1% | 1,619 | 8.8% |