Cases | Controls | OR† | (95% CI)† | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number (%) | Number (%) | |||
†Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Estimates are adjusted for the presence of thyroid disease, diabetes, anaemia, chronic renal failure and connective tissue disease. *p<0.05. | ||||
Statins | ||||
No use | 1945 (95.34) | 34707 (96.30) | 1.00 | (reference) |
1–90 days | 18 (0.88) | 299 (0.83) | 1.00 | (0.62 to 1.62) |
91–180 days | 22 (1.08) | 335 (0.93) | 1.10 | (0.71 to 1.71) |
181–270 days | 40 (1.96) | 559 (1.55) | 1.21 | (0.87 to 1.68) |
⩾271 days | 15 (0.74) | 141 (0.39) | 1.88* | (1.10 to 3.23) |
Trend test: p = 0.0311 | ||||
Fibrates | ||||
No use | 2007 (98.38) | 35701 (99.06) | 1.00 | (reference) |
1–90 days | 8 (0.39) | 89 (0.25) | 1.43 | (0.69 to 2.97) |
91–180 days | 19 (0.93) | 194 (0.54) | 1.58 | (0.98 to 2.56) |
⩾181 | 6 (0.29) | 57 (0.16) | 1.60 | (0.68 to 3.75) |
Trend test: p = 0.0236 |