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Flow chart for the inclusion of study patients. Patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus who were hospitalized due to acute ischemic stroke were enrolled after the relevant exclusion criteria were applied. The patients were further divided into pioglitazone and non-pioglitazone groups according to their prescribed oral anti-diabetic drugs. ARB angiotensin receptor blocker
