Skip to main content

Table 3 The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK). Own and familiar cardiovascular morbidity in 3 341 elderly persons (70 – 74 years old), using and not using lipid lowering drugs.

From: Antihypertensive and lipid lowering treatment in 70–74 year old individuals – predictors for treatment and blood-pressure control: a population based survey. The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)

 

Males (n = 1473)

Females (n = 1868)

 

No drugs (n = 1278 86.8%)

Drugs (n = 195 13.2%)

No drugs (n = 1642 87.1%)

Drugs (n = 244 13.1%)

Cardiac infarction

108 (8.4)

104 (53.3)**

52 (3.2)

61 (25.0)**

Angina pectoris

103 (8.1)

103 (52.8)**

104 (6.3)

69 (28.3)**

Apoplexia

72 (5.6)

15 (7.7)

46 (2.8)

14 (5.7)*

Diabetes mellitus

81 (6.3)

24 (12.3)**

92 (5.6)

25 (10.2)**

Family history of coronary disease

480 (37.6)

108 (55.4)**

749 (45.6)

163 (66.8)**

Family history of cardiac infarction < 60 y

179 (14.0)

46 (23.6)

264 (16.1)

72 (29.5)**

Family history of apoplexia < 70 y

149 (11.7)

27 (13.8)**

249 (15.2)

42 (17.2)

  1. Proportions, given in numbers and percentages, are compared using chi square tests.
  2. *Significant difference between samples with versus without drugs, p < 0.05
  3. **Significant difference between samples with versus without drugs, p < 0.01