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Are antihypertensive drugs associated with an increased risk of incident type 2 diabetes?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism volume 3, pages 8–9 (2007)Cite this article

boxed-textTaylor EN et al. (2006) Antihypertensive medications and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 29: 1065–1070

Use of thiazide diuretics and β-blockers increases the risk of type 2 diabetes; whether this adverse effect attenuates the beneficial effects of antihypertensive therapy on cardiovascular risk requires further study

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  1. Department of Preventive Medicine, PA Sarafidis is a postdoctoral fellow in hypertension and GL Bakris is the Director of the Hypertension/Clinical Research Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.,

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Sarafidis, P., Bakris, G. Are antihypertensive drugs associated with an increased risk of incident type 2 diabetes?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 3, 8–9 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0315

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