Table 3.
Mean adherence by age and sex.
| Characteristic | Patients, n | Percentage of adherencea, mean (SD) | P valueb | |||||||
| Sex | .65 | |||||||||
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Female | 356 | 70.7 (23.1) |
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Male | 302 | 69.8 (25.7) |
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| Age (years) | .02 | |||||||||
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<18 | 44 | 60.3 (25.7) |
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18-25 | 91 | 66.3 (24.3) |
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26-35 | 111 | 69.7 (22.6) |
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36-45 | 117 | 71.1 (24.5) |
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46-55 | 165 | 73 (22.5) |
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56-65 | 86 | 75.6 (25) |
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66-75 | 36 | 67 (29.6) |
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| Age group (years) | .02 | |||||||||
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<36 | 246 | 66.8 (23.9) |
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36-55 | 282 | 72.2 (23.3) |
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>55 | 133 | 72.8 (26.4) |
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| Age group per sex (years) | .05 | |||||||||
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<36 |
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Female | 144 | 66 (24.3) |
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Male | 102 | 67.8 (23.4) |
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36-55 |
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Female | 149 | 72.9 (21.8) |
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Male | 133 | 71.4 (25) |
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>55 |
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Female | 63 | 76 (21.7) |
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Male | 67 | 69.8 (30) |
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aAdherence was restricted to patients with ≥90 days since the start of medication; data includes day 90.
bP values are based on analysis of variance tests for continuous variables and the chi-square test for categorical variables.