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Fig. 2

From: Achieving blood pressure control targets in hypertensive patients of rural China – a pilot randomized trial

Fig. 2

Mean systolic blood pressure (BP) of three treatment groups during the study visits. Panel a: mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) during the treatment period in the standard-BP-control group, the moderate-BP-control group, and the intensive-BP-control group was 137.2 mmHg, 131.1 mmHg, and 124.2 mmHg, respectively, while the corresponding DBP was 77.6 mmHg, 74.9 mmHg. and 71.5 mmHg in each of the three groups, respectively, by the end of 6 months of follow-up. Panel b: the mean number of antihypertensive drugs prescribed at enrollment was 1.4, 1.4, and 1.5 among the standard-BP-control group, the moderate-BP-control group, and the intensive-BP-control group, respectively. After 6 months of follow-up, the mean number of drugs prescribed was 1.4, 2.2, and 2.5, per group, respectively. Panel C: the distribution of antihypertensive drugs used in the different groups

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