Have People Treated With Antihypertensives Been Diagnosed With Hypertension? A Cross‐Sectional Study in Stockholm, Sweden
Most patients dispensed antihypertensive medicines have a diagnosis of hypertension. However, caution is needed using data on dispensed medicines to classify incident antihypertensive users and younger patients as having a diagnosis of hypertension.
Authors
- Indrė Trečiokienė (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6583-9999)
- Björn Wettermark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0531-2516)
- Thomas Kahan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9909-4956)
- Katja Taxis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8539-2004)
- Tomas Forslund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2001-7710)
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Vilnius University (LT)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Healthcare in Sweden (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.70075
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00