Table 4.

Ascertained Hypertension in the Southern Community Cohort Study: Distribution of Classes of Antihypertensive Medications Among 2880 Participants With Self-reported Hypertension Who Acknowledged the Use of Antihypertensive Medications^*

	Overall (n=2880)	Blacks, n		Whites, n
		Men (n=708)	Women (n=1443)	Men (n=248)	Women (n=481)
ACE inhibitors†	926	196	453	106	171
ACE receptor blockers‡	423	92	227	30	74
Calcium channel blockers§	873	196	500	51	126
β-Blockers†	487	94	215	52	126
Any diuretic‡	835	164	468	62	141
Types of diuretic
Thiazide diuretics	645	124	359	49	113
Loop diuretics	192	41	106	14	31
Potassium-sparing diuretics:	9	3	4	1	1
aldosterone antagonists
Potassium-sparing diuretics:	74	17	45	1	11
sodium channel blockers
α1-Blockers‡	29	8	12	4	5
α2-Agonists§	175	40	102	12	21
Vasodilators‡	4	0	4	0	0
Other‡	153	44	75	8	26

ACE indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme.

^*Data on type of antihypertensive medication used were missing for ≈18% of participants who reported medication use. More than 94% were on at least 1 of the major classes of agents (ACE, ACE receptor blockers, calcium channel blockers, β-blockers, and diuretic), 44% were on ≥2 classes, and 10% were on ≥3 classes.

^†Compared with whites, blacks were less likely to be on these classes of antihypertensive medications (P<0.01).

^‡Compared with whites, blacks were more likely to be on these classes of antihypertensive medications (P<0.01).

^§Black vs white comparisons were not significant (P>0.05).