Antihypertensive drug treatment in the hypertensive groups
| Drug treatment | Premature hypertension | Hypertensive controls |
| β Blocker | 26 (43%) | 14 (46%) |
| Diuretics | 12 (20%) | 9 (30%) |
| Calcium channel blocker | 32 (53%) | 13 (43%) |
| ACE inhibitors | 41 (68%) | 22 (73%) |
| Angiotensin II receptor blockers | 22 (36%) | 15 (50%) |
| α Blocker | 8 (13%) | 5 (16%) |
Values are numbers of patients taking a particular drug (% of total number of patients).
ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme.