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Blood pressure (BP) control in diabetic and nondiabetic patients participating in the Anglo‐Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial‐Blood Pressure Lowering Arm (ASCOT‐BPLA). The target BP was stricter for diabetic patients (<130/80 mm Hg) than for nondiabetic patients (<140/90 mm Hg). 27 HTN indicates hypertension; DM, diabetes; JNC VI, The sixth report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.
