Table 6 Medication adherence to five antihypertensive medications among older hypertensive patients
Group | Thiazide diuretics | Calcium channel blockers | ARBs | ACE inhibitors | Beta blockers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adherence (Patients) | Adherence (%) | Adherence (Patients) | Adherence (%) | Adherence (Patients) | Adherence (%) | Adherence (Patients) | Adherence (%) | Adherence (Patients) | Adherence (%) | |
Total | 118,172 | 37.10 | 369,995 | 37.48 | 254,362 | 35.84 | 44,995 | 34.81 | 125,551 | 28.61 |
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 60,310 | 38.41 | 187,067 | 39.80 | 129,507 | 37.57 | 25,576 | 35.77 | 67,292 | 30.55 |
Female | 57,862 | 35.83 | 182,928 | 35.37 | 124,855 | 34.20 | 19,419 | 33.62 | 58,259 | 26.65 |
Age | ||||||||||
60 ~ 74 | 79,378 | 36.92 | 253,451 | 37.69 | 177,865 | 35.49 | 32,787 | 35.45 | 86,559 | 29.26 |
75 ~ 89 | 36,669 | 37.52 | 109,810 | 37.10 | 72,719 | 36.77 | 11,500 | 33.23 | 36,980 | 27.31 |
≥ 90 | 2125 | 36.51 | 6734 | 35.82 | 3778 | 35.21 | 708 | 32.55 | 2012 | 26.26 |
Medical insurance | ||||||||||
UEBMI | 96,075 | 38.87 | 333,457 | 40.68 | 226,923 | 38.26 | 41,654 | 37.85 | 117,583 | 30.45 |
URRBMI | 22,097 | 30.97 | 36,538 | 21.80 | 27,439 | 23.53 | 3341 | 17.39 | 7968 | 15.12 |