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MONDAY, April 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Women are less likely than men to fill a prescription for high-intensity statins after hospitalization for myocardial infarction (MI), according to a study published in the April 24 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Sanne A.E. Peters, Ph.D., from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and colleagues evaluated sex differences in prescription fills for high-intensity statin therapy after MI, overall and across population subgroups. Data from the MarketScan database (16,898 U.S. adults <65 years with commercial health insurance) and Medicare (71,358 U.S. adults \u226566 years) were used.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that 56 percent of men and 47 percent of women filled a high-intensity statin prescription after hospital discharge for MI. Women were less likely to fill a high-intensity statin than men overall (adjusted risk ratio [RR], 0.91), among those with no prior statin use (adjusted RR, 0.91), among those taking low\/moderate-intensity statins prior to MI (adjusted RR, 0.87), and among those taking high-intensity statins prior to their MI (adjusted RR, 0.98). Women were less likely than men to fill high-intensity statins within all subgroups analyzed, although the disparity was greatest in the youngest and oldest adults and for those without prevalent comorbid conditions.<\/p>\n
“Despite recent efforts to reduce sex differences in guideline-recommended therapy, women continue to be less likely than men to fill a prescription for high-intensity statins following hospitalization for MI,” the authors write.<\/p>\n
Several authors disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry, including Amgen, which partially funded the study.<\/p>\n
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