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Figure 2 Risk of primary cardiac arrest associated with thiazide therapy with and without potassium-sparing diuretic therapy, as compared with beta-adrenergic-antagonist therapy, among patients treated with single anti-hypertensive drugs (53). Odds ratios are adjusted for age, gender, pretreatment systolic blood pressure and heart rate, duration of hypertension, current smoking, and diabetes mellitus. CI = confidence interval.
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