Table 2: The prescription pattern of first-line antihypertensive agents among basic and higher trainees in diabetic patients (no./%)
| Basic trainees (n=76) | Higher trainees* (n=25) |
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| 3 (A) Young Male | |||||||
| Diuretics | 6 | (7.9%) | 4 | (16.0%) | |||
 -blockers |
7 | (9.2%) | 4 | (16.0%) | |||
| CCBs | 12 | (15.8%) | 0 | (0.0%) | |||
| ACEIs | 51 | (67.1%) | 16 | (64.0%) | |||
| 3 (B) Elderly Male | |||||||
| Diuretics | 12 | (15.8%) | 8 | (32.0%) | |||
| -blockers |
5 | (6.6%) | 2 | (8.0%) | |||
| CCBs | 8 | (10.5%) | 1 | (4.0%) | |||
| ACEIs | 51 | (67.1%) | 13 | (52.0%) | |||
| 4 (A) Young Female | |||||||
| Diuretics | 6 | (7.9%) | 4 | (16.0%) | |||
| -blockers |
7 | (9.2%) | 4 | (16.0%) | |||
| CCBs | 12 | (15.8%) | 0 | (0.0%) | |||
| ACEIs | 51 | (67.1%) | 16 | (64.0%) | |||
| 4 (B) Elderly Female | |||||||
| Diuretics | 12 | (15.8%) | 8 | (32.0%) | |||
| -blockers |
5 | (6.6%) | 2 | (8.0%) | |||
| CCBs | 8 | (10.5%) | 1 | (4.0%) | |||
| ACEIs | 51 | (67.1%) | 13 | (52.0%) | |||
| (* One higher trainee chose agents other than the specified groups) | |||||||