Inclusion of aspirin, clopidogrel, ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers or statins prescribed at discharge in the model did not change the adjusted odds for death associated with inpatient revascularisation within 1 year (adjusted OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.57–0.80), with no evidence of modification by severity of renal dysfunction (p-interaction = 0.711). This evidence concerns the gene ACE and Abnormal renal physiology.