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Baseline Monograph - White Women: Medications: Current Prescriptions

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Age In Three Categories
65-69 70-79 80+
NUMBER OF MEDICATIONS NONE 260 24.5% 293 20.5% 58 18.1%
ONE 209 19.7% 277 19.4% 57 17.8%
TWO 202 19.1% 269 18.8% 67 20.9%
THREE 157 14.8% 226 15.8% 40 12.5%
FOUR 99 9.3% 131 9.2% 35 10.9%
FIVE 56 5.3% 102 7.1% 24 7.5%
SIX TO NINE 70 6.6% 119 8.3% 34 10.6%
TEN OR MORE 7 .7% 13 .9% 5 1.6%
ANY CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER NO 965 91.0% 1266 88.5% 281 87.8%
YES 95 9.0% 164 11.5% 39 12.2%
DIGITALIS NO 1007 95.0% 1304 91.2% 283 88.4%
YES 53 5.0% 126 8.8% 37 11.6%
NITRATES NO 993 93.7% 1326 92.7% 285 89.1%
YES 67 6.3% 104 7.3% 35 10.9%
CLASS 1A ANTI-ARRHYTHMICS NO 1053 99.3% 1398 97.8% 311 97.2%
YES 7 .7% 32 2.2% 9 2.8%
ANY LIPID LOWERING MEDICATION NO 980 92.5% 1353 94.6% 313 97.8%
YES 80 7.5% 77 5.4% 7 2.2%
ORAL HYPOGLYCEMICS NO 1021 96.3% 1364 95.4% 308 96.3%
YES 39 3.7% 66 4.6% 12 3.8%
INSULIN NO 1047 98.8% 1406 98.3% 315 98.4%
YES 13 1.2% 24 1.7% 5 1.6%
ESTROGENS NO 878 82.8% 1274 89.1% 300 93.8%
YES 182 17.2% 156 10.9% 20 6.3%
PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS NO 1032 97.4% 1375 96.2% 314 98.1%
YES 28 2.6% 55 3.8% 6 1.9%
SYMPATHOMIMETIC (ADRENERGIC) AGENTS NO 1040 98.1% 1411 98.7% 314 98.1%
YES 20 1.9% 19 1.3% 6 1.9%
TRI- (& TETRA-) CYCLIC ANTI-DEPRESSANTS NO 1016 95.8% 1378 96.4% 313 97.8%
YES 44 4.2% 52 3.6% 7 2.2%
NON-TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS NO 1046 98.7% 1417 99.1% 319 99.7%
YES 14 1.3% 13 .9% 1 .3%
COMB. DRUGS: TRICYCLICS & ANTI-PSYCHOT. NO 1053 99.3% 1419 99.2% 319 99.7%
YES 7 .7% 11 .8% 1 .3%
ANTI-PSYCHOTICS NO 1054 99.4% 1420 99.3% 319 99.7%
YES 6 .6% 10 .7% 1 .3%
ASPIRIN (ANTI-INFLAM AGENTS) NO 1037 97.8% 1377 96.3% 312 97.5%
YES 23 2.2% 53 3.7% 8 2.5%
NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAM (NO ASPIRIN) NO 923 87.1% 1225 85.7% 268 83.8%
YES 137 12.9% 205 14.3% 52 16.3%
BENZODIAZEPINES NO 922 87.0% 1260 88.1% 276 86.3%
YES 138 13.0% 170 11.9% 44 13.8%
ANY ACE INHIBITOR NO 996 94.0% 1345 94.1% 301 94.1%
YES 64 6.0% 85 5.9% 19 5.9%
ANY DIURETIC NO 793 74.8% 966 67.6% 197 61.6%
YES 267 25.2% 464 32.4% 123 38.4%
ANY HYPERTENSION MED NO 628 59.2% 760 53.1% 148 46.3%
YES 432 40.8% 670 46.9% 172 53.8%
ANY BETA BLOCKER NO 916 86.4% 1265 88.5% 281 87.8%
YES 144 13.6% 165 11.5% 39 12.2%
ANY VASO DILATOR NO 987 93.1% 1313 91.8% 289 90.3%
YES 73 6.9% 117 8.2% 31 9.7%