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. 2012 Mar 23;109(12):215–219. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0215

Table. Percentage of insurees with calcium channel blockers (total and subgroups) according to age group (2009)*.

Age Calcium channel blocker Dihydropyridine Nifedipine
Total Sustained-release Immediate-release
n % n % n % n % n %
(95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI)
0–39 248 0.2 (0.2–0.3) 216 0.2 (0.2–0.2) 25 0.0 11 0.0 14 0.0
40–59 3777 5.2 (5.1–5.4) 3479 4.8 (4.7–5.0) 216 0.3 (0.3–0.3) 65 0.1 (0.1–0.1) 157 0.2 (0.2–0.3)
60–79 13 741 20.6 (20.2–20.9) 12 123 18.1 (17.8–18.4) 969 1.4 (1.4–1.5) 504 0.8 (0.7–0.8) 490 0.7 (0.7–0.8)
≥80 5687 28.5 (27.8–29.1) 4876 24.4 (23.8–25.0) 490 2.5 (2.3–2.7) 256 1.3 (1.1–1.5) 251 1.3 (1.1–1.4)
Total 23 453 9.0 (8.9–9.1) 20 694 7.9 (7.8–8.0) 1700 0.7 (0.6–0.7) 836 0.3 (0.3–0.3) 912 0.3 (0.3–0.4)
>65 17 215 24.1 (23.8–24.4) 15 006 21.0 (20.7–21.3) 1313 1.8 (1.7–1.9) 700 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 651 0.9 (0.8–1.0)

Reference population: n = 260 672; * multiple entries