Differential response to amlodipine and atenolol mono-therapy for hypertension by ethnic group

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue , 2001, Pages S61-S64

  Kirby, P L ^a   Caulfield, M C ^b   Collier, D J ^b   Eldridge, S ^c   Griffiths, C G ^a   Hemingway, H ^b   Poulter, N R ^d   Feder, G S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Clinical Pharmacology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Ethnicity; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SOUTH ASIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENIN;

EID: 0034800017     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001080     Document Type: Article

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