Table 4.

 Relative risk of myocardial infarction and stroke in patients receiving various two drug antihypertensive regimens that included a diuretic*†

	Myocardial infarction				Stroke
	Cases	Controls	OR (95% CI)		Cases	Controls	OR (95% CI)
Diuretic and atenolol	68	354	Ref		54	354	Ref
Diuretic and verapamil	35	92	2.24 (1.33 to 3.77)		14	92	1.01 (0.50 to 2.02)
Diuretic and felodipine	14	28	2.38 (1.16 to 4.89)		5	28	1.09 (0.36 to 3.33)
Diuretic and lisinopril	46	292	0.81 (0.54 to 1.22)		27	292	0.64 (0.39 to 1.05)

*76% of patients treated with β blockers received atenolol; 52% of patients treated with calcium channel blockers received verapamil and 17% received felodipine; 91% of patients treated with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers received lisinopril.

†Adjusted for age, sex, index year, smoking, and total cholesterol.