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Table 4 Statin treatment prior to first-time myocardial infarction according to age (n = 928)

From: Low use of statins for secondary prevention in primary care: a survey in a northern Swedish population

Age at hospital admission, years

Prior CVD (n = 165)

No prior CVD (n = 763)

≤49

1/1 (100 %)

4/45 (8.9 %)

50–59

2/4 (50 %)

13/117 (11.1 %)

60–69

15/26 (57.7 %)

32/240 (13.3 %)

70–79

20/53 (37.7 %)

36/204 (17.6 %)

80–89

18/66 (27.3 %)

17/126 (13.5 %)

≥90

1/15 (6.7 %)

2/31 (6.5 %)

Total

57/165 (34.5 %)

104/763 (13.6 %)

  1. CVD cardiovascular disease, a composite of diagnoses including angina pectoris, prior revascularisation, ischaemic stroke/transitory ischaemic attack, or peripheral artery disease (PAD). PAD comprised leg artery disease, a stenosing lesion of the carotid, or atherosclerotic aneurysm. Prior CVD, p < 0.001 for trend. No prior CVD, p = 0.438 for trend