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. 2015 Jan 24;17(3):183–192. doi: 10.1111/jch.12474

Table 3.

Key Serum Laboratory Parameters During the Open‐Label Phase (Safety Population)

Parameter Total Cohort (N=418) AZL‐Ma (n=179) AZL‐M+CLDb (n=239)
Creatinine
≥2 consecutive elevations (≥1.5× baseline and >ULN), n/N (%) 6/400 (1.5)g 1/163 (0.6) g 5/237 (2.1)
Potassium
Baseline, mean±SD, mmol/Lc 4.16±0.39 4.19±0.38 4.14±0.40
Change, mean±SD, mmol/Lc 0.06±0.42 0.21±0.36 −0.01±0.43
Shift from normal to low, n/N, %d 17/288 (5.9) 1/97 (1.0) 16/191 (8.4)
Sodium
Shift from normal to low, n/N (%)d 7/304 (2.3) 1/101 (1.0) 6/203 (3.0)
Uric acid
Shift from normal to high, n/N (%)e 67/265 (25.3) 11/88 (12.5) 56/177 (31.6)
Fasting glucose
Baseline, mean±SD, mmol/Lf 5.86±1.31 5.82±1.20 5.89±1.38
Change, mean±SD, mmol/Lf 0.35±1.30 0.32±1.21 0.37±1.34

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation. Note that the individual columns in italics do not represent randomized groups and are part of a single cohort. aPatients who did not require additional treatment with chlorthalidone (CLD) during the open‐label phase. bPatients who required additional treatment with CLD after week 8 during the open‐label phase. cFor potassium, 1 mmol/L=1 mEq/L. dDefinitions of “low:” sodium (mmol/L) <132 (18–59 y), <135 (>59 y); potassium (mmol/L) <3.4. eDefinitions of “high:” uric acid (μmol/L) >125 (18–50 y), >149 (>50 y). fTo convert mmol/L to mg/dL, multiply by 18. gOne additional patient had a creatinine elevation (≥1.5× baseline and greater than the upper limit of normal [ULN]) at the end of the open‐label phase and a consecutive elevation at the start of the double‐blind phase; the patient was receiving azilsartan medoxomil (AZL‐M) 80 mg (without chlorthalidone [CLD]) and was randomized to the AZL‐M group in the double‐blind phase.