Fig. 2

Markers of high cardiovascular risk in diabetic patients with first myocardial infarction, stratified by statin use. The high-risk markers were smoking, hypertension, family history of coronary heart disease, and nephropathy. There was no significant relationship between the number of markers of high or very high risk and statin use prior to a first myocardial infarction [odds ratio of 1.11 (0.81–1.54, p = 0.49) per high-risk marker]. Regardless of statin use, nearly all diabetic patients had at least 1 high-risk marker and the majority had 2 or more high-risk markers prior to myocardial infarction. Analyses were performed among the 177 diabetic patients in whom we had complete information on all markers of high risk, including family history of coronary heart disease