Table 1 Demographic characteristics at the time of first-time myocardial infarction according to year of occurrence.

Patients with first-time MI^a

11 968

12 383

14 734

14 650

13 053

Patients initiating GLM^b within a year post-MI

227

266

389

389

296

Men (%)

64.0

62.4

61.6

62.1

62.4

Mean age (SD)

67.8 (12.9)

68.5 (13.1)

69.3 (13.1)

69.4 (13.2)

69.4 (13.2)

Comorbidity^c

Congestive heart failure (%)

9.3

12.1

12.9

11.4

10.3

Cardiac arrhythmias (%)

7.3

9.4

10.9

11.5

11.1

PVD^d (%)

1.9

2.3

2.5

2.3

2.3

CVD^e (%)

3.4

4.5

4.9

5.1

4.8

Renal disease (%)

0.8

1.7

2.1

2.3

2.3

Cancer (%)

2.0

2.4

2.9

2.9

2.9

Shock (%)

0.6

0.7

1.2

1.3

1.3

COLD^f (%)

4.4

6.0

7.4

7.0

6.4

Peptic ulcer

1.5

1.5

2.0

1.6

1.6