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Patient Demographics and Persistence Patterns
| Continuers | Switchers | Discontinuers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients (n [%]) | 4340 (30.9) | 1235 (8.8) | 8487 (60.3) |
| Mean age* (yrs [SD]) | 63.80 (14.53) | 63.24 (14.41) | 52.39 (18.19) |
| Gender† (% male) | 43.2 | 42.3 | 43.6 |
| Patients with heart | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.6 |
| disease* (%) | |||
| Diabetics* (%) | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Asthmatics† (%) | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Previous CV hospital | 13.2 | 12.0 | 5.7 |
| admissions* (%) | |||
| Patients with two or more | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.3 |
| comorbidities* (%) | |||
| CV=cardiovascular; *p=0.001; † p=nonsignificant | |||
