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Table 2 Percentage of patients that switched cardiovascular drug therapy

From: The effect of adherence to statin therapy on cardiovascular mortality: quantification of unmeasured bias using falsification end-points

Drugs switched

% of patients that switched

Simvastatin (C10AA01) to Atorvastatin (C10AA05)

12.0 %

Atorvastatin (C10AA05) to Simvastatin (C10AA01)

9.0 %

Gemfibrozil (C10AB04) to Simvastatin (C10AA01)

6.8 %

Simvastatin (C10AA01) to Gemfibrozil (C10AB04)

6.8 %

Simvastatin (C10AA01) to Rosuvastatin (C10AA07)

5.8 %

Gemfibrozil (C10AB04) to Atorvastatin (C10AA05)

5.6 %

Atorvastatin (C10AA05) to Gemfibrozil (C10AB04)

5.6 %

Other combinations

<5.0 % each