Table 1 Characteristics of participants by treatment use of five common antihypertensive drugs
Characteristic | Never used | Ever used | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Any | ACEIs | ARBs | BBs | CCBs | Diuretics | ||
N | 27112 | 74258 | 5981 | 38580 | 7837 | 41598 | 8107 |
Age (mean (SD)) | 66.96 (12.35) | 68.59 (11.21) | 68.91 (11.21) | 68.23 (11.19) | 69.68 (10.75) | 68.99 (11.01) | 69.09 (11.26) |
Sex: male (%) | 12245 (45.2) | 34148 (46.0) | 3156 (52.8) | 17393 (45.1) | 3648 (46.5) | 19271 (46.3) | 3654 (45.1) |
SBP mean: ≥ 130(%) | 8982 (33.1) | 25686 (34.6) | 2070 (34.6) | 13763 (35.7) | 2648 (33.8) | 14674 (35.3) | 3085 (38.1) |
BMI (%) | |||||||
< 18.5 | 676 (2.5) | 1443 (1.9) | 144 (2.4) | 673 (1.7) | 183 (2.3) | 790 (1.9) | 141 (1.7) |
18.5–24 | 14349 (52.9) | 34072 (45.9) | 2770 (46.3) | 17328 (44.9) | 3512 (44.8) | 18907 (45.5) | 3442 (42.5) |
≥ 24 | 12087 (44.6) | 38743 (52.2) | 3067 (51.3) | 20579 (53.3) | 4142 (52.9) | 21901 (52.6) | 4524 (55.8) |
Smoking (%) | |||||||
Never | 23496 (86.7) | 61688 (83.1) | 4862 (81.3) | 32233 (83.5) | 6547 (83.5) | 34160 (82.1) | 6647 (82.0) |
Ever | 666 (2.5) | 2618 (3.5) | 238 (4.0) | 1382 (3.6) | 368 (4.7) | 1539 (3.7) | 313 (3.9) |
Current | 2950 (10.9) | 9952 (13.4) | 881 (14.7) | 4965 (12.9) | 922 (11.8) | 5899 (14.2) | 1147 (14.1) |
Alcohol (%) | |||||||
Never | 23207 (85.6) | 62730 (84.5) | 5034 (84.2) | 32695 (84.7) | 6704 (85.5) | 34944 (84.0) | 6814 (84.1) |
Ever | 2556 (9.4) | 7069 (9.5) | 567 (9.5) | 3698 (9.6) | 715 (9.1) | 3986 (9.6) | 765 (9.4) |
Current | 1349 (5.0) | 4459 (6.0) | 380 (6.4) | 2187 (5.7) | 418 (5.3) | 2668 (6.4) | 528 (6.5) |
Sports (%) | |||||||
Never | 10051 (37.1) | 26582 (35.8) | 2106 (35.2) | 14042 (36.4) | 2657 (33.9) | 14551 (35.0) | 2934 (36.2) |
Sometimes | 6401 (23.6) | 18428 (24.8) | 1538 (25.7) | 9503 (24.6) | 1957 (25.0) | 10354 (24.9) | 1964 (24.2) |
Always | 7084 (26.1) | 21334 (28.7) | 1840 (30.8) | 10718 (27.8) | 2418 (30.9) | 12317 (29.6) | 2412 (29.8) |
Everyday | 3576 (13.2) | 7914 (10.7) | 497 (8.3) | 4317 (11.2) | 805 (10.3) | 4376 (10.5) | 797 (9.8) |
No. of diabetes (%) | 3335 (12.3) | 13604 (18.3) | 1208 (20.2) | 7528 (19.5) | 1630 (20.8) | 8148 (19.6) | 1606 (19.8) |
No. of CHD (%) | 3147 (11.6) | 12908 (17.4) | 1136 (19.0) | 6837 (17.7) | 2095 (26.7) | 7275 (17.5) | 1421 (17.5) |
No. of COPD (%) | 239 (0.9) | 655 (0.9) | 48 (0.8) | 342 (0.9) | 83 (1.1) | 364 (0.9) | 56 (0.7) |
No. of ever used antihypertensives (%) | |||||||
1 | - | 51487 (69.3) | 3289 (55.0) | 20071 (52.0) | 2197 (28.0) | 24811 (59.6) | 1119 (13.8) |
2 | - | 18192 (24.5) | 2030 (33.9) | 14154 (36.7) | 3566 (45.5) | 12631 (30.4) | 4003 (49.4) |
≥ 3 | - | 4579 (6.2) | 662 (11.1) | 4355 (11.3) | 2074 (26.5) | 4158 (10.0) | 2985 (36.8) |