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

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Table 5 Crude odds ratios (ORs) for statin treatment before first-time myocardial infarction stratified by cardiovascular disease (CVD) (n = 928)

Characteristics	Prior CVD n = 165		No prior CVD n = 763
Patient characteristics	OR (95 % CI)	p	OR (95 % CI)	p
Age ≥70 years at admission to hospital	0.30 (0.13–0.66)	0.003	1.30 (0.86–1.96)	0.222
Female gender	0.39 (0.20–0.78)	0.008	1.19 (0.78–1.82)	0.422
Diabetes	3.52 (1.75–7.08)	<0.001	11.08 (6.97–17.62)	<0.001
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0–9 % short-term	Reference		Reference
10–39 % short-term vs. 0–9 %	1.38 (0.61–3.14)	0.437	1.79 (1.07–2.98)	0.026
≥ 40 % to short-term vs. 0–9 %	2.02 (0.92–4.40)	0.078	1.23 (0.74–2.05)	0.425

CVD is 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. Current diagnosis of diabetes is type 1 or type 2

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