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. 2020 Jul 10;21:139. doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-01211-z

Table 3.

Antihypertensive dosing by blood pressure

BP < 140/90
n = 207
BP ≥ 140/90
n = 116
No BP recorded
n = 5
Total
n = 328
0 antihypertensives prescribed: 51 (24.6%) 22 (19%) 2 (40%) 73 (22.3%)
1 antihypertensive prescribed 65 (31.4%) 31 (26.7%) 1 (20%) 97 (29.6%)
Detailed analysis of antihypertensives prescribed
Patient on ≥1 antihypertensive n = 156 n = 93 n = 3 n = 252a
Adequate dose (WHO) 73 (46.8%) 49 (52.7%) 1 (33.3%) 123 (48.8%)
Inadequate dose (WHO) 83 (53.2%) 44 (47.3%) 2 (66.6%) 129 (51.2%)
Adequate dose (Egan) 105 (67.3%) 71 (76.3%) 1 (33.3%) 177 (70.2%)
Inadequate dose (Egan) 51 (32.7%) 22 (23.7%) 2 (66.6%) 75 (29.8%)

aAntihypertensive dose not recorded for one patient