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Table 3 Utilization of medications during the index hospitalization for men and women with and without diabetes who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention

From: Sex-specific outcomes of diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention: a register linkage study

Medications

Men

Women

 

Non-DM n = 905

DM n = 155

p

Non-DM n = 450

DMn = 142

p

 

%

%

 

%

%

 

Aspirin

98.6

99.4

0.425

99.3

96.5

0.010

Clopidogrel

93.9

96.8

0.156

93.3

90.9

0.319

Heparin group

96.1

96.8

0.699

96.0

96.5

0.797

Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors

36.8

39.4

0.542

32.9

29.6

0.461

Beta-blockers

78.9

82.6

0.294

79.6

76.8

0.477

ACEI/ARB

79.6

87.7

0.017

86.7

84.5

0.516

Statins

75.9

76.8

0.816

75.8

73.9

0.658

  1. ACEI = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors; ARB = angiotensin II receptor blockers; DM = diabetes mellitus.