Sex, Prescribing Practices and Guideline Recommended, Blood Pressure, and LDL Cholesterol Targets at Baseline in the BARI 2D Trial

Table 3

Average daily drug dose and percentage on titrated doses for diabetes agents and statins by sex.

Agent			Average daily dose (mg)			% on titrated dose
	Female	Male	Female	Male	value	Threshold	Female	Male	value
Taking diabetes drug	622	1465	—	—	—	Diabetes drugs	72%	73%	0.63
Any insulin sensitizing	394	1015	—	—	—	IS	58%	62%	0.27
TZD	111	322	—	—	—	TZD	46%	42%	0.46
Pioglitazone	61	139	32.5	31.3	0.49	>30 mg	36%	32%	0.54
Rosiglitazone	50	183	6.7	6.0	0.12	>4 mg	58%	50%	0.30
Metformin	344	907	1517.5	1526.2	0.83	>1000 mg	58%	61%	0.31
Any insulin providing	515	1162	—	—	—	IP	71%	69%	0.34
Sulfonylurea	316	864	—	—	—	SU	63%	64%	0.66
Glyburide	192	540	18.0	13.5	0.30	>5 mg	75%	73%	0.58
Glipizide	87	236	17.6	14.0	0.31	>10 mg	31%	44%	0.03
Glimepiride	37	88	5.1	4.3	0.17	>2 mg	76%	66%	0.28
Insulin	249	397	0.7 unit/kg	0.6 unit/kg	0.17	>0.4 unit/kg	75%	68%	0.04
Taking statin	483	1186	—	—	—	Statins	46%	46%	0.96
Atorvastatin	181	443	29.4	25.0	0.01	>10 mg	66%	62%	0.36
Lovastatin	16	42	28.8	35.5	0.18	>20 mg	38%	64%	0.07
Pravastatin	41	92	32.9	24.8	0.002	>40 mg	5%	1%	0.17
Simvastatin	245	609	28.8	29.8	0.53	>20 mg	39%	41%	0.71

IS = insulin sensitizing; IP = insulin providing diabetes drugs; SU = sulfonylurea.