Demographic characteristics of cohort (n = 1 422 664)
| Variable | n (%) | Statin initiation rate, (95% CI) (initiations/1000 patient-years)a | QRISK recording rate, (95% CI) (scores/1000 patient-years)a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 693 403 (48.7) | 25.5 (25.4 to 25.7) | 51.7 (51.3 to 52.1) |
| Female | 729 261 (51.3) | 20.9 (20.8 to 21.0) | 61.4 (61.0 to 61.8) | |
| Age group (on entering cohort), years | 40–59 | 779 566 (54.8) | 8.3 (8.2 to 8.4) | 43.3 (42.9 to 43.7) |
| 50–59 | 304 440 (21.4) | 21.7 (21.5 to 21.8) | 61.8 (61.3 to 62.4) | |
| 60–69 | 186 641 (13.1) | 42.1 (41.8 to 42.4) | 81.2 (80.4 to 82.0) | |
| ≥70 | 152 017 (10.7) | 41.7 (41.4 to 42.1) | 51.8 (51.0 to 62.6) | |
| Townsend deprivation quintile | 1st (least) | 397 251 (27.9) | 20.6 (20.5 to 20.8) | 56.4 (55.9 to 57.0) |
| 2nd | 321 663 (22.6) | 22.5 (22.3 to 23.2) | 59.3 (58.7 to 59.9) | |
| 3rd | 299 183 (21.0) | 23.4 (23.2 to 23.7) | 57.7 (57.0 to 58.3) | |
| 4th | 239 649 (16.8) | 25.6 (25.4 to 25.9) | 53.8 (53.1 to 54.5) | |
| 5th (most) | 143 353 (10.1) | 27.8 (27.4 to 28.1) | 55.2 (54.2 to 56.2) | |
| Missing | 21 565 (1.5) | 22.8 (21.8 to 23.8) | 58.1 (55.7 to 60.6) | |
| Ethnicity | Asian | 21 993 (1.5) | 33.8 (32.7 to 34.9) | 87.0 (84.2 to 89.9) |
| Black | 18 361 (1.3) | 20.7 (19.7 to 21.6) | 64.4 (61.9 to 67.0) | |
| Chinese | 2668 (0.2) | 18.7 (16.6 to 21.2) | 64.2 (57.8 to 71.3) | |
| Mixed | 3929 (0.3) | 19.0 (17.1 to 21.1) | 77.6 (71.7 to 84.0) | |
| Other | 6389 (0.4) | 22.3 (20.6 to 24.1) | 73.5 (68.9 to 78.4) | |
| White | 516 436 (36.3) | 25.6 (25.4 to 25.8) | 72.0 (71.5 to 72.5) | |
| Missing | 852 888 (60.0) | 21.4 (21.3 to 21.5) | 43.8 (43.4 to 44.1) | |
↵a From 2012 to 2015 inclusive. CI = confidence interval.