The design of ALLHAT may have biased the study's outcome in favor of the diuretic cohort

Nat Clin Pract Nephrol. 2007 Feb;3(2):60-1. doi: 10.1038/ncpneph0391.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bias
  • Cohort Studies
  • Diuretics / therapeutic use*
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipidemias / blood
  • Hyperlipidemias / drug therapy
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Hypertension / physiopathology
  • Hypolipidemic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / prevention & control*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / methods
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / standards
  • Research Design
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Diuretics
  • Hypolipidemic Agents