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September 30, 2014Diabetes Care468 citationsOpen Access

Empagliflozin Reduces Blood Pressure in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension

ITIlkka TikkanenKNKirsi NarkoCZCordula Zeller

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Does empagliflozin reduce BP and HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension?

P
Population
Patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension
I
Intervention
Empagliflozin
C
Comparator
Placebo
O
Outcome
Blood pressure (BP) and HbA1csurrogate

Empagliflozin provides clinically meaningful reductions in blood pressure and HbA1c in patients with comorbid type 2 diabetes and hypertension.

Abstract

Empagliflozin was associated with significant and clinically meaningful reductions in BP and HbA1c versus placebo and was well tolerated in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension.

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Tikkanen et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69da6703b48bb130d4684cbahttps://doi.org/10.2337/dc14-1096
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