Table 2 Number and percentage of the relevant medications according to the quintiles of resting heart rate with the χ² overall statistical significance between the quintiles.

	1st quintile		2nd quintile		3rd quintile		4th quintile		5th quintile		χ2
	n = 876		n = 964		n = 830		n = 953		n = 930
	HR⩽58		59⩽HR⩽65		66⩽HR⩽71		72⩽HR ⩽78		HR⩾79
Aspirin	88	10.0	85	8.8	71	8.6	70	7.3	70	7.5	0.231
α Blockers	23	2.6	20	2.1	10	1.2	8	0.8	21	2.3	0.021
β Blockers	82	9.4	58	6.0	43	5.2	17	1.8	16	1.7	<0.001
Calcium channel blockers	22	2.5	25	2.6	24	2.9	23	2.4	36	3.9	0.314
ACE inhibitors	42	4.8	29	3.0	30	3.6	26	2.7	55	5.9	0.002
ARB	10	1.1	7	0.7	4	0.5	7	0.7	10	1.1	0.533
Statins	91	10.4	110	11.4	83	10.0	80	8.4	84	9.0	0.204
Fibrates	9	1.0	5	0.5	10	1.2	12	1.3	15	1.6	0.242
Oral hypoglycaemics	14	1.6	15	1.6	15	1.8	19	2.0	27	2.9	0.217

ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; ARB, angiotensin II receptor blocker; HR, heart rate.