Table 4

Age standardised proportions (%, 95% CI) of medications prescribed at discharge from hospital after the MI event by the income level. Men aged 35–64 years (n = 734). The FINMONICA MI Register Study

	β blockers	Antiplatelet agents	Hypolipidaemic medications^4-150
Income
Low	67.7	56.2	6.1
	(62, 73.4)	(50.0, 62.4)	(2.1, 10.1)
Middle	80.1	58.8.	8.8
	(75.5, 84.7)	(53.3, 64.3)	(4.7, 12.9)
High	77.1	66.4	10.7
	(70.4, 83.8)	(59.0, 73.8)	(5.0, 16.4)
p for trend^4-151	0.02	0.03	0.12

↵4-150 Data for years 1988–1992 only, n = 450.
↵4-151 Mantel-Haenszel χ² test for linear trend across the income groups.