Cholesterol treatment with statins: Who is left out and who makes it to goal?

Table 3 Descriptive characteristics of sample by statin use and goal attainment.

	Goal Attainment by Statin Use
	Non-User N = 6043	User N = 537
Total	0.90	0.81
Age group
21-34	0.97	1.00
35-44	0.94	0.83
45-54	0.88	0.88
55-64	0.82	0.76
≥ 65	0.70	0.80
Female	0.95	0.88
Race/Ethnicity
White	0.89	0.82
Black	0.91	0.73
Hispanic	0.93	0.79
Other	0.88	0.82
<100%	0.87	0.54
100-149%	0.88	0.72
150-199%	0.89	0.79
200-299%	0.89	0.82
300-499%	0.91	0.88
≥ 500%	0.91	0.86
Education
<12 years	0.85	0.78
12 years	0.87	0.81
>12 years	0.92	0.83
No Insurance	0.93	0.79
Usual Source of Care	0.89	0.82
0	0.92	0.69
1	0.92	0.84
2	0.89	0.80
3	0.87	0.80
4	0.85	0.82
≥ 5	0.91	0.87
English Spoken at Home	0.89	0.82
Survey Year
1999-2000	0.88	0.62
2001-2002	0.89	0.77
2003-2004	0.90	0.83
2005-2006	0.91	0.83

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