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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2015 Mar;1338:1–15. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12723

Table 5.

Pharmacologic recommendations for management of hypertension by the eighth joint national committee panel36

Hypertensive population Initial pharmacologic agents Level of evidence
Non-African Americans (including those with diabetes)

  • •Thiazide-type diuretics

  • •Calcium channel blockers

  • •ACE inhibitors

  • •Angiotensin receptor blockers

  • •Thiazide-type diuretics

  • •Calcium channel blockers

 Grade B: Moderate recommendation
African Americans (including those with diabetes)
Grade B: Moderate recommendation for African Americans with diabetes, Grade C: Weak recommendation