Table 3: The proportion of trainees prescribing ACEIs as a first-line antihypertensive agent in diabetes patients*

Patient characteristics   Basic trainees   Higher trainees   x2 value   p value
(A) Young Male   51 / 76 (67%)   16 / 25 (64%)   0.08   > 0.75
(B) Elderly Male   51 / 76 (67%)   13 / 25 (52%)   1.85   > 0.16
(C) Young Female   51 / 76 (67%)   16 / 25 (64%)   0.08   > 0.75
(D) Elderly Female   51 / 76 (67%)   13 / 25 (52%)   1.85   > 0.16
 
(* Yate's continuity correction not adopted)