Open AccessNon-Persistence with Medication as a Mediator for the Social Inequality in Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Incident Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Christina Boesgaard Graversen,
Jan Brink Valentin,
Mogens Lytken Larsen,
Sam Riahi,
Teresa Holmberg,
Søren Paaske Johnsen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s335133
Subject(s) - mace , medicine , hazard ratio , population , proportional hazards model , persistence (discontinuity) , socioeconomic status , cohort study , acute coronary syndrome , lower risk , cardiology , demography , myocardial infarction , confidence interval , percutaneous coronary intervention , environmental health , geotechnical engineering , sociology , engineering
Low socioeconomic status is associated with higher risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) among patients with incident acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We examined whether non-persistence with antiplatelet and statin therapy mediated the income- and educational-related inequality in risk of MACE.