Medication | Ethnicity; no. (%) of patients | p value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese n = 2884 | Other Canadians n = 103 940 | South Asian n = 1875 | ||
ACE inhibitor | 1263 (43.8) | 51 528 (49.6) | 1015 (54.1) | < 0.001 |
Angiotensin-receptor blocker | 574 (19.9) | 10 785 (10.4) | 269 (14.3) | < 0.001 |
ACE inhibitor or angiotensin-receptor blocker | 1651 (57.2) | 58 611 (56.4) | 1176 (62.7) | < 0.001 |
Diuretic | 746 (25.9) | 39 651 (38.1) | 580 (30.9) | < 0.001 |
Calcium-channel blocker | 983 (34.1) | 32 708 (31.5) | 702 (37.4) | < 0.001 |
β-blocker | 892 (30.9) | 34 439 (33.1) | 657 (35.0) | 0.009 |
ACE inhibitor or diuretic | 1583 (54.9) | 66 196 (63.7) | 1210 (64.5) | < 0.001 |
ACE inhibitor + diuretic | 426 (14.8) | 24 983 (24.0) | 385 (20.5) | < 0.001 |
Any antihypertensive agent | 2193 (76.0) | 80 138 (77.1) | 1494 (79.7) | 0.01 |
Statin | 1254 (43.5) | 43 550 (41.9) | 953 (50.8) | < 0.001 |
Statin or ACE inhibitor or diuretic | 1988 (68.9) | 75 846 (73.0) | 1415 (75.5) | < 0.001 |
Statin + ACE inhibitor + diuretic | 231 (8.0) | 13 119 (12.6) | 254 (13.5) | < 0.001 |
Statin or antihypertensive | 2295 (79.6) | 83 764 (80.6) | 1551 (82.7) | 0.03 |
Statin + antihypertensive | 1152 (39.9) | 39 924 (38.4) | 896 (47.8) | < 0.001 |
Warfarin* | 249 (68.6) | 9014 (72.9) | 109 (72.2) | 0.2 |
Note: ACE = angiotensin-converting-enzyme.
*Among patients with atrial fibrillation.