Risk factors and in-hospital outcomes in stroke and myocardial infarction patients

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Table 3 Prescribed medications in surviving patients with acute stroke (N = 262) and acute myocardial infarction (N = 93)

Medication	Percent of patients at discharge who had medication and had		p*
	acute stroke	acute myocardial infarction
Aspirin	69	84	0.007
Statins	3	14	<0.001
ACE inhibitors	76	70	0.276
Beta-blockers	2	10	0.001†
Calcium channel blockers	18	9	0.057

ACE inhibitors = angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. * p value for Yates corrected χ² test. †p value for lower Fisher exact test.

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