ACE and diabetes mellitus: Table 1 shows that there were more elderlypatients with diabetes (41.6% vs. 10.3%, p = 0.002) and fewer elderly wereprescribed beta-blockers (25% vs. 51.7%, p = 0.030) and ACE inhibitors orangiotensin receptor blockers (20.8% vs. 46.5%, p = 0.046).