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Published in final edited form as: IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2016 Jan 4:10.1109/JBHI.2016.2514264. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2016.2514264

Table 2.

Example medications corresponding to each of the 13 classes of hypertension medications used in the study are listed.

Medication Class	Example
ACE inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker	Lisinopril, losartan
Aldosterone antagonists	Spironolactone
Alpha antagonists	Prazosin
Beta blockers	Atenolol
Central alpha agonists	Clonidine
Dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers	Amlodipine
Diuretic combination	Aldactazide
Diuretics	Hydrochlorothiazide
Hydralazine	Hydralazine
Minoxidil	Minoxidil
Non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers	Diltiazem
Thiazide and ACE inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker	Hydrochlorothiazide and lisinopril or losartan
Thiazide and beta blocker	Hydrochlorothiazide and metropolol tartrate