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Table 3 Distribution of mono-therapy antihypertensive drug prescriptions for newly-diagnosed uncomplicated hypertension patientsa

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

 

Class of drugb

  

Total No. of prescriptionsb

Variables

Diuretics

Beta-blockers

CCBsc

ACE inhibitorsc

ARBsc

Others

 
 

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

 

Patient gender

             

   Male

2 974

6.65#

11 602

25.93#

14 881

33.26

7 004

15.66

2 561

5.72

5 716

12.78#

44 738

   Female

4 849

9.69

14 233

28.43

16 830

33.62

7 619

15.22

2 822

5.64

3 706

7.40

50 059

Patient age (years)

             

   <55

2 366

5.86#

13 627

33.77#

12 083

29.94#

7 134

17.68#

2 677

6.63#

2 470

6.12#

40 357

   ≥55

5 457

10.02

12 208

22.42

19 628

36.05

7 489

13.76

2 706

4.97

6 952

12.77

54 440

Type of clinical facilityd

             

   Medical center

1 067

6.38#

4 474

26.76#

5 841

34.93#

2 255

13.49#

2 099

12.55#

985

5.89#

16 721

   Regional hospital

1 026

6.93#

4 144

27.98

5 690

38.42#

1 710

11.55#

1 272

8.59#

967

6.53#

14 809

   Local hospital

1 363

7.47#

4 171

22.84#

8 186

44.84#

1 728

9.46#

920

5.04#

1 890

10.35#

18 258

   Primary care clinic

4 367

9.71

13 043

28.99

11 991

26.65

8 927

19.84

1 089

2.42

5 580

12.40

44 997

Total Nos.

7 823

8.25

25 835

27.25

31 711

33.45

14 623

15.43

5 383

5.68

9 422

9.94

94 797

  1. Notes:
  2. a Total sample number of prescriptions = 94 797.
  3. b No. refers to the number of prescriptions for each class of drug; % refers to the percentage of the total prescriptions for the six classes of drugs. 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.
  4. c CCBs = calcium channel blockers; ACE = angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARBs = angiotensin receptor blockers.
  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 < 0.0017
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