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Table 1 Prescription pattern at index date

From: Clinical attributes, treatment, and control in hypertension (CATCH)—a French and Italian longitudinal patient database study

Medication category

France

Italy

Naive patients (n = 9563)

Previously treated patients (n = 138,401)

Total (n = 147,964)

Naive patients (n = 9027)

Previously treated patients (n = 131,162)

Total (n = 140,189)

ACEI

988 (10.3 %)

7651 (5.5 %)

8639 (5.8 %)

3438 (38.1 %)

25,593 (19.5 %)

29,031 (20.7 %)

ARB

3132 (32.8 %)

17,937 (13.0 %)

21,069 (14.2 %)

1242 (13.8 %)

13,663 (10.4 %)

14,905 (10.6 %)

Beta blockers

1210 (12.7 %)

12,308 (8.9 %)

13,518 (9.1 %)

1283 (14.2 %)

13,444 (10.2 %)

14,727 (10.5 %)

Centrally acting agents

312 (3.3 %)

1673 (1.2 %)

1985 (1.3 %)

40 (0.4 %)

633 (0.5 %)

673 (0.5 %)

CCB

1238 (12.9 %)

8241 (6.0 %)

9479 (6.4 %)

901 (10.0 %)

15,681 (12.0 %)

16,582 (11.8 %)

Diuretics

902 (9.4 %)

7131 (5.2 %)

8033 (5.4 %)

89 (1.0 %)

312 (0.2 %)

401 (0.3 %)

ACEI + diuretica

291 (3.0 %)

5614 (4.1 %)

5905 (4.0 %)

1026 (11.4 %)

18,420 (14.0 %)

19,446 (13.9 %)

ARB + CCBa

17 (0.2 %)

13 (0.0 %)

30 (0.0 %)

ARB + diuretica

428 (4.5 %)

14,487 (10.5 %)

14,915 (10.1 %)

539 (6.0 %)

14,079 (10.7 %)

14,618 (10.4 %)

Beta blocker + CCBa

10 (0.1 %)

1037 (0.7 %)

1047 (0.7 %)

0 (0.0 %)

3 (0.0 %)

3 (0.0 %)

Beta blocker + diuretica

231 (2.4 %)

3920 (2.8 %)

4151 (2.8 %)

39 (0.4 %)

96 (0.1 %)

135 (0.1 %)

CCB + ACEIa

45 (0.5 %)

766 (0.6 %)

811 (0.5 %)

Free-dose combinationsa

759 (7.9 %)

57,623 (41.6 %)

58,382 (39.5 %)

430 (4.8 %)

29,238 (22.3 %)

29,668 (21.2 %)

  1. ACEI angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, ARB angiotensin II receptor blockers, CCB calcium-channel blockers
  2. aFixed-dose combinations