Table 2.

Odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for the association of gender (women vs. men) and difficulty in healthcare access and cost-related medication non-adherence in the overall study population and among those with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

	Overall^a		Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease^a
	Unadjusted	Adjusted^b	Unadjusted	Adjusted^b
Absence of Healthcare coverage	0.74 (0.73,0.76)	0.71 (0.66,0.75)	0.85 (0.77,0.93)	0.82 (0.66,1.02)
Absence of Primary Care Physician	0.54 (0.53,0.55)	0.50 (0.48,0.52)	0.69 (0.64,0.75)	0.62 (0.50,0.77)
Greater than 1 year Since Last Routine Checkup	0.64 (0.63,0.65)	0.72 (0.69,0.75)	0.86 (0.81,0.92)	1.00 (0.86,1.15)
Delay in Access to Healthcare	1.28 (1.21,1.34)	1.26 (1.11,1.43)	1.29 (1.12,1.47)	1.17 (0.82,1.68)
Inability to See Doctor Due to Cost	1.25 (1.23,1.28)	1.29 (1.22,1.36)	1.31 (1.24,1.39)	1.25 (1.07,1.45)
Cost-related Medication Non-adherence	1.45 (1.35,1.56)	1.24 (1.01,1.50)	1.57 (1.32,1.85)	1.15 (0.74,1.78)

^a:

Referent category = men

^b:

Model is adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, income, education, comorbidities (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, current cigarette smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, arthritis, and cancer)