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Table 1 Prescription patterns of antihypertensive therapies for newly-diagnosed uncomplicated hypertension patients, 1998–2004a

From: Antihypertensive medication prescription patterns and time trends for newly-diagnosed uncomplicated hypertension patients in Taiwan

 

Treatment regimen

 

Variables

Mono-therapyb

Two-drug combinationsb

Three-drug combinationsb

Four(+)-drug combinationsb

Total No. of prescriptionsc

 

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

 

Patient gender

         

   Male

44 738

51.36#

31 494

36.16#

6 815

7.82#

4 058

4.66#

87 105

   Female

50 059

54.62

31 927

34.84

6 024

6.57

3 639

3.97

91 649

Patient age (years)

         

   <55

40 357

50.67#

29 784

37.39#

6 130

7.70#

3 380

4.24

79 651

   ≥55

54 440

54.93

33 637

33.94

6 709

6.77

4 317

4.36

99 103

Type of clinical facilityd

         

Medical center

16 721

48.76#

12 693

37.02

3 897

11.37#

978

2.85#

34 289

Regional hospital

14 809

49.75#

10 453

35.11#

3 687

12.39#

819

2.75#

29 768

Local hospital

18 258

59.03#

9 745

31.51#

2 395

7.74#

531

1.72#

30 929

Primary care clinic

44 997

53.73

30 520

36.44

2 860

3.42

5 369

6.41

83 746

Total Nos.

94 797

53.03

63 421

35.48

12 839

7.18

7 697

4.31

178 754

  1. Notes:
  2. a Total sample number = 6 536 patients.
  3. b No. refers to the number of prescriptions under each treatment regimen; % refers to the percentage of the total drugs prescribed under the four treatment regimens.
  4. c As a result of missing data, the sum of the total number of prescriptions over the four types of clinical facilities is smaller than the overall number of prescriptions.
  5. d Pairwise group comparisons are performed taking primary care clinics as the reference.
  6. # Significant p-value with the Bonferroni-adjusted α-level, p < 0.0025