Table 2

Blood pressure lowering medication at baseline and end of follow-up


Background metformin
Background sulfonylurea




+ rosiglitazone
+ sulfonylurea
+ rosiglitazone
+ metformin

Modified ITT population (n)
176
165
160
167
Type of medication (n (%))




     Baseline




          Any BP medication
119 (68)
112 (68)
104 (65)
114 (68)
          ACEi/ARB
91 (52)
83 (50)
80 (50)
88 (53)
          β-blocker
44 (25)
42 (25)
34 (21)
43 (26)
          CCB
37 (21)
33 (20)
28 (17)
36 (22)
          Diuretics
28 (16)
34 (21)
26 (16)
38 (23)
     End of follow-up*




          Any BP medication
131 (74)
124 (75)
119 (74)
121 (72)
          ACEi/ARB
99 (56)
93 (56)
89 (56)
92 (55)
          β-blocker
51 (29)
53 (32)
40 (25)
46 (27)
          CCB
47 (27)
39 (24)
32 (20)
40 (24)
          Diuretics
48 (27)
39 (24)
34 (21)
41 (25)
Number of drug classes (n (%))




     Baseline




          0
57 (32)
53 (32)
56 (35)
53 (32)
          1
62 (35)
47 (28)
51 (32)
47 (28)
          2
34 (19)
45 (27)
37 (23)
43 (26)
          3
17 (10)
15 (9)
14 (9)
20 (12)
          > 3
6 (3)
5 (3)
2 (1)
4 (2)
     End of follow-up




          0
45 (25)
41 (25)
41 (26)
46 (27)
          1
57 (32)
47 (28)
58 (36)
45 (27)
          2
34 (19)
47 (28)
41 (26)
50 (30)
          3
27 (15)
22 (13)
15 (9)
19 (11)
          > 3
13 (7)
8 (5)
5 (3)
7 (4)

Data are n or n (%).

ACEi, ACE inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; CCB, calcium channel blocker.

*End of follow-up refers to time of stopping dual combination therapy or 12 months, whichever is sooner

Komajda et al. Cardiovascular Diabetology 2008 7:10   doi:10.1186/1475-2840-7-10