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Table 2 Number of antihypertensive therapies received by patients according to the presence or absence of metabolic syndrome and diabetes.

From: Blood pressure control and components of the metabolic syndrome: the GOOD survey

 

A

B

C

D

Number of different antihypertensive therapies

Metabolic syndrome but no diabetes a,b

(%)

Metabolic syndrome and diabetes b

(%)

No metabolic syndrome or diabetes c

(%)

No metabolic syndrome but diabetes

(%)

0

1.1

0.1

0.3

0.5

1

29.3

21.4

31.5

27.7

2

35.3

30.3

36.5

32.0

≥3

34.4

48.4

28.0

38.8

  1. a: p < 0.01 vs. B; b: p < 0.01 vs. C; c: p < 0.05 vs. D. The other intergroup differences were not significant by the Chi square test