Data element | Summary | Males N = 23,486 | Females N = 24,889 |
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Anti-hypertensive medication | No. patients with prescription at any time, n (%) | 21,544 (91.7) | 23,184 (93.1) |
Mean prescriptions per patient, n (SD) | 12.1 (18.0) | 12.0 (17.4) | |
Median prescriptions per patient, n (IQR) | 6.0 (10) | 6.0 (11) | |
Medication name | No. records missing med name, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Unique values, n | 86 | 87 | |
3 most frequent values, n (%) | ‘Ramipril’: 33,109 (12.7) ‘Amlodipine’: 27,772 (10.7) ‘Hydrochlorothiazide’: 26,238 (10.1) | ‘Hydrochlorothiazide’: 40,537 (14.6) ‘Amlodipine’: 26,892 (9.7) ‘Ramipril’: 25,721 (9.3) | |
Start date | No. records missing start date, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Unique values, n | 5471 | 5604 | |
Stop date | No. records missing stop date, n (%) | 34,404 (13.2) | 39,686 (14.3) |
Unique values, n | 5664 | 5751 | |
Stop date occurs before start date, n (%) | 2272 (0.9) | 2364 (0.9) | |
Drug identification number (DIN) | No. records missing DIN, n (%) | 135,564 (52.1) | 150,923 (54.3) |
Unique values, n | 1175 | 1238 | |
3 most frequent values, n (%) | ‘326844’: 5264 (4.2) ‘878928’: 5262 (4.2) ‘2123282’: 4324 (3.5) | ‘326844’: 7091 (5.6) ‘878928’: 6265 (4.9) ‘2123282’: 3452 (2.7) | |
Strength | No. records missing strength, n (%) | 22,914 (8.8) | 32,396 (11.7) |
Unique Values, n | 95 | 99 | |
Median (IQR) | 12 (35) | 20 (35) | |
Dose | No. records missing dose, n (%) | 5428 (2.1) | 7387 (2.7) |
Unique values, n | 2048 | 2730 | |
3 most frequent values, n (%) | ‘1’: 202,129 (79.3) ‘0.5’: 15,563 (6.1) ‘2’: 8635 (3.4) | ‘1’: 208,017 (77.0) ‘0.5’: 18,644 (6.9) ‘2’: 7829 (2.9) | |
Frequency | No. records missing frequency, n (%) | 24,013 (9.2) | 33,261 (12.0) |
Unique values, n | 133 | 117 | |
3 most frequent values, n (%) | ‘QD’: 140,843 (59.6) ‘OD’: 45,494 (19.3) ‘BID’: 32,140 (13.6) | ‘QD’: 145,261 (59.5) ‘OD’: 52,094 (21.3) ‘BID’: 27,764 (11.4) | |
Duration count | No. records missing duration, n (%) | 33,013 (12.7) | 38,379 (13.8) |
Unique values, n | 3507 | 3692 | |
3 most frequent values, n (%) | ‘3’: 51,704 (22.8) ‘100’: 50,550 (22.2) ‘90’: 21,444 (9.4) | ‘3’: 51,928 (21.7) ‘100’: 49,245 (20.6) ‘90’: 20,498 (8.6) | |
Duration unit | No. records missing duration unit, n (%) | 39,628 (15.2) | 47,796 (17.2) |
Unique values, n | 5 | 5 | |
3 most frequent values, n (%) | ‘Day’: 139,344 (63.2) ‘Month’: 72,838 (33.0) ‘Week’: 5893 (2.7) | ‘Day’: 145,621 (63.4) ‘Month’: 77,349 (33.7) ‘Week’: 4025 (1.8) | |
Dispensed count | No. records missing dispensed count, n (%) | 28,376 (10.9) | 33,779 (12.2) |
Unique values, n | 3688 | 3732 | |
Median (IQR) | 100 (90) | 91 (95) | |
Dispensed form | No. records missing dispensed form, n (%) | 74,277 (28.5) | 93,218 (33.6) |
Unique values, n | 3 | 5 | |
3 most frequent values, n (%) | ‘Tab’: 158,009 (84.9) ‘Capsule’: 27,994 (15.1) ‘Bottle’: 1 (0) | ‘Tab’: 161,436 (87.6) ‘Capsule’: 22,859 (12.4) ‘Bottle’: 3 (0) | |
Reason for medication | No. records missing reason, n (%) | 199,924 (76.8) | 210,112 (75.7) |
Unique values, n | 281 | 322 | |
3 most frequent values, n (%) | ‘Hypertension, CHF’: 21,278 (35.3) ‘Hypertension, Angina’: 11,743 (19.5) ‘Hypertension’: 7711 (12.8) | ‘Hypertension, CHF’: 20,928 (31.0) ‘Hypertension, Angina’: 12,268 (18.2) ‘Hypertension’: 10,337 (15.3) |