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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Age-race subgroup compared with renin profile as predictors of blood pressure response to antihypertensive therapy. Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Antihypertensive Agents.
Renin profiling and age-race subgroup may help select single-drug therapy for stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension. ⋯ In these men with stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension, therapeutic responses were consistent with baseline renin profile, but age-race subgroup was a better predictor of response.