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. 2016 May 11;18(10):1077–1078. doi: 10.1111/jch.12839

Table 1.

Antihypertensive Medication Class Use and Renal Function in 10,151 Hypertensive Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Class eGFR <30 eGFR 30–60 eGFR 60–90 eGFR >90 P Value
No. 565 2230 3924 3432
Diuretic 405 (71.7%) 1400 (62.8) 1641 (41.8%) 892 (26.0%) <.001
Calcium channel blocker 281 (49.7) 818 (36.7) 949 (24.2) (548) (16.0) <.001
β‐Blocker 413 (73.1) 1339 (60.0) 1546 (39.4) 842 (24.5) <.001
Angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor 212 (37.5) 1236 (50.4) 2565 (65.4) 2308 (67.2) <.001
Angiotensin receptor blocker 123 (21.8) 587 (26.3) 751 (19.1) 490 (14.3) <.001
Vasodilator 73 (12.9) 58 (2.6) 26 (0.7) 11 (0.3) <.001
Centrally active 46 (8.1) 67 (3.0) 46 (0.2) 38 (0.1) <.001
α‐Blockers 89 (15.8) 254 (11.4) 306 (7.8) 131 (3.8) <.001
Nitrates 84 (14.9) 192 (8.6) 127 (3.2) 32 (0.9) <.001
Direct renin inhibitor 8 (1.4) 3 (0.1) 7 (0.2) 3 (0.1) <.001

Abbreviation: eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.