Treatment Patterns and Blood Pressure Control With Initiation of Combination Versus Monotherapy Antihypertensive Regimens
Treatment Patterns and Blood Pressure Control With Initiation of Combination Versus Monotherapy Antihypertensive Regimens
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DOI:
10.1161/hypertensionaha.120.15462
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发表时间:
2021-01-01
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8.3
通讯作者:
Reynolds, Kristi
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作者:
An, Jaejin;Luong, Tiffany;Reynolds, Kristi
Many patients with hypertension require 2 or more drug classes to achieve their blood pressure (BP) goal. We compared antihypertensive medication treatment patterns and BP control between patients who initiated combination therapy versus monotherapy. We identified adults with hypertension enrolled in a US integrated healthcare system who initiated antihypertensive medication between 2008 and 2014. Patient demographics, clinical characteristics, antihypertensive medication, and BP were extracted from electronic health records. Antihypertensive medication patterns and multivariable adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) of achieving the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guideline-recommended BP