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Table 3 Current medication among the groups

From: Serum electrolyte levels in relation to macrovascular complications in Chinese patients with diabetes mellitus

Medications

NGR (Group I) (n = 1170)

IGR (Group II) (n = 389)

DM (Group III) (n = 343)

Antihypertensive drugs

   

Diuretic (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

ARB (%)

77 (6.6)

25 (6.4)

46 (13.4)

ACEI (%)

27 (2.3)

16 (4.1)

23 (6.7)

β-blocker (%)

12 (1.0)

10 (2.6)

5 (1.5)

CCB (%)

86 (7.4)

53 (13.6)

59 (17.2)

Others (%)

36 (3.1)

24 (6.2)

10 (2.9)

Antidiabetic drugs

  

Self-reported T2DM

(n = 178)

Insulin (%)

  

31 (17.4)

Oral hypoglycemic drugs

   

Metformin (%)

  

61 (34.3)

Sulphonylurea (%)

  

41 (23.0)

Glinide (%)

  

26 (14.6)

Thiazolidinedione (%)

  

10 (5.6)

α-Glucosidase inhibitor (%)

  

24 (13.5)

Others (%)

  

3 (1.7)

  1. Descriptive values are expressed as frequency (%).
  2. Abbreviations: ARB Angiotensin II receptor blocker, ACEI Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, CCB Calcium channel blocker.