Poor compliance with antihypertensive medication is assumed to be an important reason for unsatisfactory control of blood pressure. Poor compliance is difficult to detect. Each method of measuring compliance has its own strengths and weaknesses. The aim of the present study was to compare patient compliance with antihypertensive drugs as measured by two methods, electronic monitoring versus refill compliance.

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Gwenn EC Wetzels, Patricia J Nelemans and Martin H Prins from the department of epidemiology, university of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands, and Jan SAG Schouten from the department of ophthalmology, university Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands contributed in drafting the manuscript.

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