Medical behaviours and medication adherence of older hypertensive patients in different medical insurance programs in Beijing, China: a cross-sectional study

Table 5 MPRs of five antihypertensive medications used by older hypertensive patients

Group	Thiazide diuretics		Calcium channel blockers		ARBs		ACE inhibitors		Beta blockers
Group	Medications (Patients)	MPR	Medications (Patients)	MPR	Medications (Patients)	MPR	Medications (Patients)	MPR	Medications (Patients)	MPR
Total	318,522	0.679	987,266	0.684	709,710	0.676	129,266	0.660	438,888	0.617
Sex
Male	157,015	0.686	470,040	0.696	344,675	0.685	71,500	0.667	220,299	0.629
Female	161,507	0.672	517,226	0.672	365,035	0.667	57,766	0.652	218,589	0.604
Age
60 ~ 74	214,976	0.679	672,513	0.685	501,212	0.674	92,486	0.664	295,822	0.622
75 ~ 89	97,725	0.680	295,956	0.682	197,767	0.681	34,605	0.650	135,404	0.607
≥ 90	5821	0.671	18,797	0.676	10,731	0.672	2175	0.652	7662	0.598
Medical insurance
UEBMI	247,174	0.691	819,687	0.704	593,120	0.692	110,058	0.681	386,203	0.632
URRBMI	71,348	0.639	167,579	0.583	116,590	0.596	19,208	0.543	52,685	0.508

MPR, medication possession ratio; ARBs, angiotensin receptor blockers; ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; UEBMI, Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance; URRBMI, Urban‒Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance

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