Race-Specific Patterns of Treatment Intensification Among Hypertensive Patients Using Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: Analysis Using Defined Daily Doses in the Heart Healthy Lenoir Study.

Conclusion/Relevance: Treatment intensification in HBPM users was similar by race, differed significantly by gender, and may produce a greater response in white patients. Differential AMI in HBPM users does not appear to contribute to persistent racial disparities in BP control. PMID: 30282468 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Pharmacotherapy - October 3, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Cummings DM, Adams A, Halladay J, Hinderliter A, Donahue KE, Cene CW, Li Q, Miller C, Garcia B, Tillman J, Little E, DeWalt D Tags: Ann Pharmacother Source Type: research