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Flow diagram depicts the 791 initial hypertensive cardiovascular disease (CVD) event survivors with ≥1 visits who qualified for this study. *An additional 130 persons with recurrent CVD events and office visits were excluded from the analysis: 121 with missing covariates and 19 with first visits beyond the 5-year post-initial CVD event exclusion criterion.
