Medication adherence (PDC) and patient characteristics at baseline
| PDC<20% n=212 (8.6%) | 20%≤PDC<40% n=156 (6.4%) | 40%≤PDC<60% n=193 (7.8%) | 60%≤PDC<80% n=301 (12.2%) | 80%≤PDC<100% n=1156 (46.9%) | PDC=100% n=445 (18.1%) | p Value* | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 57.1 (11.5) | 55.6 (10.9) | 56.2 (11.9) | 56.8 (9.7) | 57.2 (9.9) | 57.9 (9.8) | 0.158 |
| Male (%) | 44.3 | 53.2 | 40.4 | 40.5 | 40.1 | 39.1 | 0.039 |
| Chinese (%) | 69.3 | 62.8 | 63.7 | 63.50 | 69.90 | 78.4 | <0.001 |
| Malay (%) | 10.9 | 15.4 | 17.6 | 15.30 | 15.00 | 12.4 | |
| Indian (%) | 17.9 | 19.2 | 14.0 | 17.30 | 11.30 | 6.7 | |
| Married (%) | 69.8 | 72.4 | 64.8 | 66.8 | 68.30 | 71.9 | 0.554 |
| Single (%) | 6.1 | 8.3 | 9.80 | 8.3 | 6.90 | 7.6 | |
| Unknown (%) | 24.1 | 19.2 | 25.40 | 24.9 | 24.70 | 20.5 | |
| Dyslipidemia (%) | 93.9 | 97.4 | 98.5 | 97.7 | 98.5 | 99.3 | <0.001 |
| Years in dyslipidemia, mean (SD) | 4.7 (3.1) | 4.5 (3.3) | 4.5 (2.3) | 4.6 (2.2) | 5.2 (2.9) | 5.2 (2.7) | 0.001 |
| Hypertension (%) | 76.9 | 73.7 | 80.8 | 80.1 | 86.2 | 86.7 | <0.001 |
| Years in hypertension, mean (SD) | 5.9 (3.7) | 6.2 (4.8) | 5.6 (3.6) | 5.7 (3.2) | 6.3 (3.8) | 6.5 (3.8) | 0.040 |
| Baseline HbA1c level (SD) | 6.8 (1.1) | 7.3 (1.2) | 7.5 (1.6) | 7.3 (1.1) | 7.2 (1.0) | 7.1 (0.9) | <0.001 |
PDC = total number of days covered/total number of days evaluated.
↵*By univariate test.