Sex-based disparities with cost-related medication adherence issues in patients with hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Importance and objective

Identifying sources of sex-based disparities is the first step in improving clinical outcomes for female patients. Using All of Us data, we examined the association of biological sex with cost-related medication adherence (CRMA) issues in patients with cardiovascular comorbidities.

Materials and methods

Retrospective data collection identified the following patients: 18 and older, completing personal medical history surveys, having hypertension (HTN), ischemic heart disease (IHD), or heart failure (HF) with medication use history consistent with these diagnoses. Implementing univariable and adjusted logistic regression, we assessed the influence of biological sex on 7 different patient-reported CRMA outcomes within HTN, IHD, and HF patients.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Agapito I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11631144 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature