Table 4.
Top three commonly prescribed antihypertensive medication classes on the index date among treated patients with hypertension
| (A) YNHHS | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients with hypertension N=253,207 | Patients with uncontrolled hypertension N=82,216 | Patients with controlled hypertension N=170,991 | ||||||||||
| Among adults using one medication class | ||||||||||||
| ACEI or ARB* | 18,216 (34.3) | 6,353 (36.1) | 11,863 (33.4) | |||||||||
| Beta blocker | 15,086 (28.4) | 4,191 (23.8) | 10,895 (30.7) | |||||||||
| CCB | 10,037 (18.9) | 4,077 (23.2) | 5,960 (16.8) | |||||||||
| Total | 53,097 | 17,593 | 35,504 | |||||||||
| Among adults using two medication classes | ||||||||||||
| ACEI or ARB and Thiazide diuretic | 7,307 (25.8) | 2,729 (26.4) | 4,578 (25.5) | |||||||||
| ACEI or ARB and Beta blocker | 3,421 (18.5) | 1,698 (16.4) | 3,541 (19.7) | |||||||||
| ACEI or ARB and CCB | 3,142 (16.2) | 2,016 (19.5) | 2,557 (14.2) | |||||||||
| Total | 28,278 | 10,332 | 17,946 | |||||||||
| Among adults using three or more medication classes | ||||||||||||
| ACEI or ARB and CCB and Thiazide diuretic | 2,321 (16.9) | 1,140 (19.7) | 1,181 (14.9) | |||||||||
| ACEI or ARB and Beta Blocker and Thiazide diuretic | 1,913 (13.9) | 1,137 (14.3) | 776 (13.4) | |||||||||
| ACEI or ARB and Beta Blocker and CCB | 1,722 (12.5) | 786 (13.6) | 936 (11.8) | |||||||||
| Total | 13,740 | 5,793 | 7,947 | |||||||||
| (B) OneFlorida | ||||||||||||
| All patients with hypertension N=182,827 | Patients with uncontrolled hypertension N=79,935 | Patients with controlled hypertension N=102,892 | ||||||||||
| Among adults using one medication class | ||||||||||||
| ACEI or ARB | 11,638 (40.5) | 5,597 (40.5) | 6,041 (40.5) | |||||||||
| CCB | 5,703 (19.8) | 3,140 (22.7) | 2,563 (17.2) | |||||||||
| Beta Blocker | 5,406 (18.8) | 2,292 (16.6) | 3,114 (20.9) | |||||||||
| Total | 28,750 (100) | 13,817 (100) | 14,933 (100) | |||||||||
| Among adults using two medication classes | ||||||||||||
| ACEI or ARB and Thiazide diuretic | 5,046 (33.1) | 2,443 (31.4) | 2,603 (34.8) | |||||||||
| ACEI or ARB and CCB | 2,753 (18) | 1,600 (20.6) | 1,153 (15.4) | |||||||||
| ACEI or ARB and Beta Blocker | 2,182 (14.3) | 1,041 (13.4) | 1,141 (15.2) | |||||||||
| Total | 15,259 (100) | 7,776 (100) | 7,483 (100) | |||||||||
| Among adults using three or more medication classes | ||||||||||||
| ACEI or ARB and CCB and Thiazide diuretic | 1,629 (20.9) | 1,050 (22.3) | 579 (18.8) | |||||||||
| ACEI or ARB and Beta Blocker and Thiazide diuretic | 985 (12.6) | 530 (11.2) | 455 (14.8) | |||||||||
| ACEI or ARB and Beta Blocker and CCB | 763 (9.8) | 460 (9.8) | 303 (9.9) | |||||||||
| Total | 7,788 (100) | 4,712 (100) | 3,076 (100) | |||||||||
*
ACEI: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB: Angiotensin receptor blocker; CCB: Calcium channel blocker.