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SUBMITTER: Chang TI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4755350 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chang Tara I TI Evans Gregory G Cheung Alfred K AK Cushman William C WC Diamond Matthew J MJ Dwyer Jamie P JP Huan Yonghong Y Kitzman Dalane D Kostis John B JB Oparil Suzanne S Rastogi Anjay A Roumie Christianne L CL Sahay Rukmani R Stafford Randall S RS Taylor Addison A AA Wright Jackson T JT Chertow Glenn M GM
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 20160125 3
Thiazides and thiazide-type diuretics are recommended as first-line agents for the treatment of hypertension, but contemporary information on their use in clinical practice is lacking. We examined patterns and correlates of thiazide prescription in a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from participants enrolled in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT). We examined baseline prescription of thiazides in 7582 participants receiving at least 1 antihypertensive medication by ...[more]