Hierarchical Modeling of Patient and Physician Determinants of Blood Pressure Outcomes in Hypertensive Patients with and without Diabetes: Pooled Analysis of Six Observational Valsartan Studies with 15,282 Evaluable Patients

We pooled data from 6 valsartan-related studies including 3,658 diabetic and 11,624 nondiabetic patients to evaluate blood pressure (BP) outcomes after approximately 90 days of second- or later-line valsartan treatment. Hierarchical linear and logistic regressions were applied to identify determinan...

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Main Authors: Noha Ashy, Thanh-Nga Nguyen, Kris Denhaerynck, Mahdi Gharaibeh, Abdulaziz Alhossan, Stefaan Vancayzeele, Heidi Brié, Ann Aerts, Karen MacDonald, Ivo Abraham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Chronic Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9842450