Study	Reason for exclusion
Eklund 2016	Wrong outcomes: vascular stiffness
EPURE 2018	Wrong participants: patients undergoing kidney transplantation
Essaian 2007	Wrong outcomes: plasma level of plasminogen‐activator inhibitor type 1
Host 2000	Wrong outcomes: left ventricular cavity
Koh 2010	Wrong outcomes: estimated sodium intake
LAST‐D 2013	This study was withdrawn due to funding issue
Nakao 2007	Wrong interventions: combination of carvedilol with spironolactone
NCT00328809	This study has been withdrawn due to personnel shortage
Witoon 2019	Wrong interventions: combination of furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide, and spironolactone