Treatment and prescribing trends of antihypertensive drugs in 2.7 million UK primary care patients over 31 years: a population-based cohort study.

Julie RouetteEmily G McDonaldTibor SchusterJames M Brophy Laurent Azoulay

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

Nearly one-quarter of primary care patients were prescribed antihypertensive drugs by the end of the study period. Most patients with hypertension initiated guideline-recommended first-line agents. Not all patients, particularly females, were prescribed recommended agents however, potentially leading to suboptimal cardiovascular outcomes. Future research should aim to better understand the implication of this finding.

Keyphrases

primary care
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
blood pressure
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
emergency department
patient reported