89 Medication use by insurance coverage in the Southern Cone of Latin America 4 Additional coverage Public coverage only Overall p N 251 342 593 Age (mean, (SE)) 61.2 (0.6) 59.2 (0.5) 60.1 (0.4) 0.011 Age group 35-44 years 18 (7.2) 37 (10.8) 55 (9.3) 45-54 years 46 (18.3) 69 (20.2) 115 (19.4) 55-64 years 78 (31.1) 122 (35.7) 200 (33.7) 65-74 years 109 (43.4) 114 (33.3) 223 (37.6) Sex Male 144 (57.4) 154 (45.0) 298 (50.3) 0.003 Female 107 (42.6) 188 (55.0) 295 (49.7) City Marcos Paz (Argentina) 59 (23.5) 72 (21.1) 131 (22.1) <0.001 Bariloche (Argentina) 66 (26.3) 31 ( 9.1) 97 (16.4) Temuco (Chile) 47 (18.7) 143 (41.8) 190 (32.0) Pando-Barros Blancos (Uruguay) 79 (31.5) 96 (28.1) 175 (29.5) Educationa Primary school 126 (50.2) 196 (57.3) 322 (54.3) 0.016 Secondary school 82 (32.7) 114 (33.3) 196 (33.1) University 43 (17.1) 32 ( 9.4) 75 (12.6) Unemployment 5 ( 2.0) 19 ( 5.6) 24 ( 4.0) 0.030 Insurance type Public - 342 (100.0) 342 (57.7) - Social Security 214 (85.3) - 214 (36.1) Private 37 (14.7) - 37 ( 6.2) CHD diagnosis Myocardial infarction 81 (32.4) 106 (31.3) 187 (31.7) 0.771 Angina 191 (76.1) 272 (79.5) 463 (78.1) 0.318 Coronary procedure 75 (29.9) 62 (18.1) 137 (23.1) 0.001 Cardiovascular risk factors Hypertensionb 201 (95.7) 257 (94.8) 458 (95.2) 0.654 Dyslipidemiac 187 (85.0) 222 (79.3) 409 (81.8) 0.101 Diabetesd 75 (41.7) 92 (38.8) 167 (40.0) 0.557 Obesitye 124 (49.4) 158 (46.2) 282 (47.6) 0.441 Current smoking 55 (21.9) 78 (22.8) 133 (22.4) 0.796 Table 1. Characteristics of the study population. Note: a Highest educational level attained by participants b Systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, or current use of antihypertensive medication c Total cholesterol ≥6.2 mmol/L, LDL-cholesterol ≥4.1 mmol/L, HDL-cholesterol <1.0 mmol/L, triglyceride ≥2.3 mmol/L or current use of lipid-lowering medication d Self-reported diabetes, fasting glucose ≥7.0 mmol/L, or current use of hypoglicemic medication e Body mass index ≥30kg/m2. SE: standard error.
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