• M Moser.
• Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
• Am. J. Med. 1990 Mar 12; 88 (3B): 24S31S24S-31S.

AbstractThe limited data available from the long-term clinical trials on the treatment of hypertension, as well as several short-term studies, indicate that the lowering of blood pressure in minority patients is feasible over the long term with a marked decrease in morbidity and mortality. The presence of left ventricular hypertrophy and diabetes in a higher number of black compared with white patients does not appear to be a major determining factor in the choice of initial monotherapy. Studies have established that the blood pressure-lowering effects of thiazide diuretics and calcium entry blockers or converting enzyme inhibitors. When these latter agents are added to a diuretic, however, a good blood pressure response is achieved. There are few data available on the results of long-term treatment in Asian or Hispanic persons.

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