Clinical Outcomes by Race in Hypertensive Patients With and Without the Metabolic Syndrome<subtitle>Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment...

Abstract

The ALLHAT findings fail to support the preference for calcium channel blockers, alpha-blockers, or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors compared with thiazide-type diuretics in patients with the MetS, despite their more favorable metabolic profiles. This was particularly true for black participants.

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 168
Issue: 2
Pages: 207-207
Citations: 111
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                                    Jackson T. Wright
                                
                            (2008). 
                            Clinical Outcomes by Race in Hypertensive Patients With and Without the Metabolic Syndrome&lt;subtitle&gt;Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT)&lt;/subtitle&gt;. 
                            Archives of Internal Medicine
                            , 168
                            (2)
                            , 207-207.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2007.66

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DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2007.66