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Table 1 Percentage of people in Norway born before 1945 who purchased antihypertensive drugs during 2005–2010

From: Risk of hip fracture among older people using antihypertensive drugs: a nationwide cohort study

 

Total cohort

By sex

By birth cohort

 

n = 906,422

Women

Men

1935-1944

1925–1934

1915–1924

<1915

n = 506,568

n = 399, 854

n = 397,761

n = 294,952

n = 183,967

n = 29,742

Thiazide

6.2

7.1

5.2

2.8

2.3

1.0

0.1

Loop diuretic

17.9

19.4

15.9

5.0

7.1

5.3

0.5

Beta blocker

29.8

28.6

31.3

12.1

11.6

5.8

0.3

Calcium channel blocker

21.6

21.5

21.6

8.9

8.4

4.1

0.2

ACE inhibitor

14.0

12.4

16.0

5.4

5.4

2.9

0.3

ACE inhibitor/Thiazide

3.8

2.1

1.7

1.7

1.4

0.7

<0.1

Angiotensin II receptor blocker

16.5

16.8

16.1

7.9

6.0

2.4

0.1

Angiotensin II receptor blocker/Thiazide

14.0

8.1

5.9

7.0

5.1

1.8

0.1

  1. Individuals may have purchased more than one antihypertensive drug type