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TABLE 2.

Management of hypertension

	Hypertension alone	Presence of hypertension and diabetes
	Cardiology (n = 866)	Cardiology (n = 425)	Endocrinology (n = 688)
BP (mmHg)
SBP	140.7 ± 16.7	142.8 ± 17.2	139.8 ± 16.8^b
DBP	83.8 ± 12.1	82.0 ± 12.3	79.2 ± 10.4^a^,^b
Treated, n (%)	746 (86.1)	391 (92.0)^a	533 (77.5)^a^,^b
Monotherapy	366 (42.3)	172 (40.5)	360 (52.3)^b
Combination therapy	380 (43.9)	219 (51.5)^a	173 (25.1)^a^,^b
Use of ACE inhibitors or AT1 blockers	378 (43.6)	242 (56.9)^a	321 (46.7)^b
Controlled, n (%)
SBP/DBP <140/90 mmHg	348 (40.2)	163 (38.3)	285 (41.4)
SBP/DBP <130/80 mmHg	130 (15.0)	61 (14.4)	119 (17.3)

ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; AT1, angiotensin type 1 receptor; BP, blood pressure.

^aP ≤ 0.05 versus patients with hypertension alone.

^bP ≤ 0.05 versus patients recruited from cardiology.