3.2. Comparison between patients with adequate and inadequate
adherence
Bivariate analysis showed that patients with inadequate adherence were
older (p= 0.010), a more extensive proportion lived in rural areas
(p= 0.005), and had higher total cholesterol (p< 0.0001) and triglycerides levels (p= 0.003)
compared with their adherent counterparts. Moreover, participants with a
low educational level, including those with middle school or less as the
highest level of education completed, showed inadequate adherence
patterns to treatment contrasted with those with high school or a
college degree ( p< 0.0001). Finally, patients on a
combined pharmacological therapy with either PCI or CABG were more
adherent than those on optimal medical therapy alone (p =0.004).
Likewise, a higher proportion of patients in the inadequate group were
in NYHA classes II and III (p< 0.0001), as shown in
Table 2.