Figure 1

Receipt of lipid-lowering pharmacotherapy among Atherosclerosis Risk in Community (ARIC) surveillance patients (1999–2002). Model 1: Neighborhood income (nINC), race, gender, age, study community, year of myocardial infarction (MI). Model 2: Model 1 plus hospital type (teaching vs. nonteaching), current or past history of hypertension, diabetes or heart failure, and presence of cardiac pain.