No connection between the level of exposition to statins in the population and the incidence/mortality of acute myocardial infarction: An ecological study based on Sweden's municipalities

Table 3 Correlation coefficients (r) and regression coefficients (β) for statin utilisation vs. acute myocardial infarction (AMI)-incidence

		Statin utilisation vs. AMI-incidence
		Male		Female
Age	Year	r	β ¹	r	β ¹
40-49	1998	0.051	0.005	0.061	0.009
	1999	0.303***	0.046***	0.165**	0.024*
	2000	0.131*	0.011	0.115	0.011
	2001	0.126*	0.017*	0.040	-0.005
	2002	0.037	0.001	-0.071	-0.008
50-59	1998	0.141*	0.007	0.086	0.004
	1999	0.287***	0.028***	0.017	-0.017*
	2000	0.141*	0.011	0.064	-0.002
	2001	-0.047	-0.016**	0.115	0.004
	2002	-0.000	-0.006	0.148*	0.003
60-69	1998	0.052	0.010	0.097	-0.0005
	1999	0.026	0.003	0.146*	0.002
	2000	-0.032	-0.001	0.146*	0.010
	2001	0.081	0.009	-0.017	-0.006
	2002	-0.042	-0.004	0.051	-0.004
70-79	1998	-0.168**	-0.042*	-0.137*	-0.031
	1999	-0.172**	-0.040*	-0.154**	-0.032*
	2000	-0.170**	-0.026*	-0.042	-0.006
	2001	-0.024	0.005	-0.036	-0.007
	2002	-0.082	-0.009	-0.062	-0.004

¹ β for statin utilisation in repeated multivariate linear regression analyses with AMI-incidence as dependent variable and deprivation index, utilisation of antidiabetic drugs, statin utilisation and x- and y-coordinates as independent variables
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001

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