. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Hypertens. 2009 Mar 5;22(5):538–544. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2009.33

Table 2.

Percentage (95% CI) of current users of various drugs among 1,512 control subjects with and without indications for specific antihypertensive therapies (adjusted for age and sex)

Characteristic	N	Diuretic	Beta-blocker	Calcium channel blocker	ACE inhibitor/ARB
Atherosclerotic disease
No	1,121	52 (49, 55)	39 (36, 42)	17 (14, 19)	48 (45, 51)
Yes	391	37 (31, 42)	54 (49, 59)	29 (24, 34)	66 (61, 72)
		P<0.001	P<0.001	P<0.001	P<0.001
Diabetes mellitus
No	1,275	50 (47, 52)	44 (41, 46)	18 (16, 20)	47 (45, 50)
Yes	237	44 (37, 50)	37 (31, 44)	25 (19, 31)	82 (77, 87)
		P=0.10	P=0.09	P<0.05	P<0.001

ACE = angiotensin-converting enzyme, ARB = angiotensin receptor blocker