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Table 3.

Baseline anti-hypertensive drugs in patients with a history of hypertension

	MM Patients (n = 3002)	Non-MM Patients (n = 5750)
Anti-hypertensive drug, n (%)
All drugs^a	2141 (71%)	4082 (71%)
Diuretic	1704 (80%)^b	3339 (82%)^b
ACE-I	1113 (52%)^b	2180 (53%)^c
Calcium channel blocker	1081 (50%)^b	1773 (43%)^c
ARB	914 (43%)^b	1723 (42%)^c
Any other drugs	53 (2%)^b	102 (2%)^c

ACE-I: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB: angiotensin II receptor blocker, MM: multiple myeloma

^aAll anti-hypertensive drugs included diuretics, ACE-I, ARBs, calcium channel blockers and other (alpha blockers, alpha-2 receptor agonists, beta-blockers, central agonists, combined alpha and beta blockers, peripheral adrenergic inhibitors, renin inhibitors and vasodilators)

^bPercentage derived from n = 2141 MM patients treated for hypertension

^cPercentage derived from n = 4082 non-MM patients treated for hypertension