To evaluate whether good statin adherence is associated with a reduced incidence of major coronary events (MCEs) among diabetic patients with and without coronary heart disease (CHD).
Using data derived by linkage of nationwide health databases in Finland, we conducted a nested case-control analysis of 3513 cases with an MCE, a composite of acute myocardial infarction and/or coronary revascularization, and 20,090 matched controls identified from a cohort of 60,677 statin initiators with diabetes. Cases and controls were matched according to gender, time of cohort entry and duration of follow-up and further classified to two risk groups according to the presence of CHD at statin initiation. The incidence of MCEs was compared between patients with good statin adherence (the proportion of days covered =80%) and patients with poor statin adherence (
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