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SUBMITTER: Nesbitt S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8033789 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nesbitt Shawna S Shojaee Ali A Maa Jen-Fue JF
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 20130201 4
In this secondary analysis of a dose-titration study of patients with hypertension uncontrolled on prior monotherapy, blacks (n=234) and non-blacks (n=765) were switched to amlodipine (AML)/olmesartan medoxomil (OM) 5/20 mg, with uptitration every 4 weeks to AML/OM 5/40 mg and then AML/OM 10/40 mg to achieve a seated cuff blood pressure (SeBP) of <120/70 mm Hg. Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 and 25 mg could be added if SeBP was ≥125/75 mm Hg. The cumulative proportions of patients achieving systolic S ...[more]