Expert Consensus on the Treatment of Hypertension with Chinese Patent Medicines

Table 2

General principles for hypertension treatment achieving consensus.

No.	Consensus	Round for consensus	Percentage of consensus; (95% confidence interval)
1	CPMs and WMs could be used with nondrug therapy simultaneously	1	95.00% (82.6% to 100%)*
2	CPMs could reduce the side effect of WMs in hypertension treatment	1	85.00% (72.6% to 97.4%)
3	CPMs and WMs should be used according to WM diagnostic system	1	82.50 (70.1% to 94.9%)
4	Physical activity is suitable for hypertension treatment	1	82.50 (70.1% to 94.9%)
5	Less than two CPMs should be used simultaneously	2	100.00 (87.1% to 100%)*
6	CPMs should be used with WMs together as grade 3 hypertension treatment	2	100.00 (87.1% to 100%)*
7	Doctors should monitor the change of symptoms to avoid side effect of CPMs	2	97.50 (84.6% to 100%)*
8	CPMs and WMs should be administrated separately when applied together	2	90.00 (77.1% to 100%)
9	CPMs should be used with WMs together as grade 2 hypertension treatment	2	87.50 (74.6% to 100%)
10	CPMs should be used according to TCM pattern differentiation theory	2	87.50 (74.6% to 100%)
11	CPMs could be used alone as grade 1 hypertension treatment	2	82.50 (69.6% to 95.4%)
12	CPMs should be taken after meal to avoid their side effect	3	88.23 (74.6% to 100%)

^∗𝑃<0.05.