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. 2011 Feb 13;173(7):797–803. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwq440

Table 2.

Prescription of Antihypertensive Medications in Young Adulthood (Ages 25.5–37.0 Years) by Gestational Age at Birth (1973–1979), Sweden

Antihypertensive Medication (ATC Codea) Prescriptions/Year Gestational Age
23–27 Weeks (n = 174)
28–32 Weeks (n = 3,167)
33–34 Weeks (n = 5,685)
35–36 Weeks (n = 19,194)
37–42 Weeks (n = 589,573)
≥43 Weeks (n = 18,759)
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
    ≥1 6 3.5 73 2.3 110 1.9 356 1.9 8,588 1.5 305 1.6
    ≥2 6 3.5 52 1.6 83 1.5 246 1.3 5,794 1.0 219 1.2
    ≥3 4 2.3 35 1.1 64 1.1 159 0.8 3,736 0.6 142 0.8
    ≥4 3 1.7 24 0.8 40 0.7 95 0.5 2,281 0.4 87 0.5

Abbreviation: ATC, Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (Classification).

a

Code(s) C02, C03, C07, C08, and/or C09.