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ALLHAT Study
Managing Your Blood Pressure
The ALLHAT study was the largest trial for treating high blood pressure, and the
second largest for lipid-lowering treatment. It included large numbers of
patients over 65, women, African-Americans, and patients with diabetes. The
trial was conducted in over 600 office-based practices and clinics throughout
the U.S.A., Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and in Canada. It was supported by
the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes
of Health.
The purpose of ALLHAT was to compare four commonly used blood pressure drugs to
reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, and early death. Also, some of the
ALLHAT patients were in a lipid-lowering trial to treat people with high blood
pressure and mildly high cholesterol to see if this would further reduce these
risks.
The main results were published in December 2002. The ALLHAT group is still
looking at the data and writing papers.
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