Baseline Characteristics by Antihypertensive Medication Intensitya.

Abbreviations: BADL, basic activities of daily living; BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ESRD, end stage renal disease; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; MI, myocardial infarction; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; RAS, renin angiotensin system; SD, standard deviation.aMembers of the 2004–2007 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey with hypertension. Anti-hypertensive medication intensity is defined in Methods. Data are presented as number (%) unless otherwise indicated.bAll variables were included in the propensity model.cThe P-values in parentheses are the propensity score adjusted P-values.dd1 and d2 are the standardized differences between the moderate or high anti-hypertensive intensity groups, and the no hypertensive group, respectively; d2 is in parentheses. Standardized differences compare the mean differences between the comparison groups in units of the pooled standard deviations of the comparison groups, with a value of