WHI Observational Study: Cardiovascular death in women with hypertension but no history of CVD on monotherapy CVD death Diuretic, HR (95% CI) ACE inhibitor, HR Beta blocker, HR Calcium channel blocker, HR p Fully adjusted* 1.00 0.97 (0.60-1.56) 0.83 (0.47-1.85) 1.55 (1.02-2.35) 0.04 *Adjusted for age and race/ethnicity, plus smoking, high cholesterol levels requiring medication, body mass index, physical activity, use of hormone therapy, and diabetes Wassertheil-Smoller S et al. JAMA 2004; 292:2849-2859.
WHI Observational Study: Cardiovascular death in women with hypertension but no history of CVD by antihypertensive combination therapy CVD death Beta blocker plus diuretic, HR (95% CI) ACE inhibitor plus diuretic, HR (95% CI) Diuretic plus calcium channel blocker, HR (95% CI) ACE inhibitor plus calcium channel blocker, HR (95% CI) p Fully adjusted 1.00 0.87 (0.43-1.68) 1.85 (1.02-3.36) 1.14 (0.49-2.65) 0.05 Women without diabetes 0.65 (0.28-1.48) 2.16 (1.16-4.03) 0.64 (0.19-2.22) 0.002 Women without diabetes and baseline SBP <140 mm Hg 0.79 (0.25-2.48) 2.53 (1.01-6.36) 0.62 (0.08-5.01) 0.06 Wassertheil-Smoller S et al. JAMA 2004; 292:2849-2859.