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SUBMITTER: Tanner RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5693725 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tanner Rikki M RM Shimbo Daichi D Irvin Marguerite R MR Spruill Tanya M TM Bromfield Samantha G SG Seals Samantha R SR Young Bessie A BA Muntner Paul P
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 20170917 11
It is unclear whether black patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) vs those without CKD who take antihypertensive medication have an increased risk for apparent treatment-resistant hypertension (aTRH). The authors analyzed 1741 Jackson Heart Study participants without aTRH taking antihypertensive medication at baseline. aTRH was defined as uncontrolled blood pressure while taking three antihypertensive medication classes or taking four or more antihypertensive medication classes, regardless ...[more]