Table 3 Coronary heart disease medication by gender and prevalent coronary heart disease
Medication of interest | All | With coronary heart disease | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
(n = 624) | (n = 522) | (n = 147) | (n = 67) | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Antihypertensive drug | 507 | 81.3 | 412 | 78.9 | 144 | 98.0 | 63 | 94.0 |
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor | 431 | 69.1 | 316 | 60.5 | 120 | 81.6 | 45 | 67.2 |
Diuretic | 186 | 29.9 | 176 | 33.7 | 70 | 47.9 | 34 | 50.7 |
Beta-blocker | 267 | 42.8 | 228 | 43.7 | 112 | 76.2 | 48 | 71.6 |
Calcium channel blocker | 168 | 26.9 | 106 | 20.3 | 50 | 34.0 | 10 | 14.9 |
Lipid lowering drug | 277 | 44.4 | 216 | 41.4 | 110 | 74.8 | 45 | 67.2 |
Aspirin | 213 | 34.1 | 133 | 25.5 | 102 | 69.4 | 45 | 67.2 |