Research Article

Prescription Pattern of Antihypertensive Agents in T2DM Patients Visiting Tertiary Care Centre in North India

Table 2

Pattern of Antihypertensive among patients with single or multiple drugs hypertension.

Drug Classes (%)OverallMonotherapyPolytherapy
Overall2 Drugs3 Drugs≥4 Drugs

Antihypertensives1186 (100)485 (41)655 (55)423 (36)195 (16)37 (3)
 ACEIs697 (59)229 (47)398 (61)241 (57)128 (66)29 (78)
 ARBs620 (52)174 (36)446 (68)253 (60)157 (81)36 (97)
 BBs167 (14)23 (5)144 (22)65 (15)55 (28)24 (65)
 CCBs340 (29)58 (12)282 (43)150 (35)98 (50)34 (92)
 Diuretics315 (27)1 (0.2)314 (48)137 (32)147 (75)30 (81)

Note: Percentages (%) for individuals drug class in the second row are column %.