Blood-Pressure Lowering in Intermediate-Risk Persons without Cardiovascular Disease

Lonn, Eva; Bosch, Jackie; López‐Jaramillo, Patricio; Zhu, Jun; Liu, Lisheng; Pais, Prem; Díaz, Rafael; Xavier, Denis; Sliwa, Karen; Dans, Antonio; Avezum, Álvaro; Soares Piegas, Leopoldo; Keltai, Katalin; Keltai, Mátyás; Е Чазова, И; J.G. Peters, Ron; Held, Claes; Yusoff, Khalid; S. Lewis, Basil; Jánský, Petr; Parkhomenko, Alexander; Khunti, Kamlesh; D. Toff, William; M. Reid, Christopher; Varigos, George; A. Leiter, Lawrence; I. Molina, Dora; S. McKelvie, Robert; Pogue, Janice; Wilkinson, Joanne; Jung, Hyejung; R. Dagenais, Gilles; Yusuf, Salim

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1600175

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Blood-Pressure Lowering in Intermediate-Risk Persons without Cardiovascular Disease

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Apr 2, 2016

Authors:

Eva Lonn

Jackie Bosch

Patricio López‐Jaramillo

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Antihypertensive therapy reduces the risk of cardiovascular events among high-risk persons and among those with a systolic blood pressure of 160 mm Hg or higher, but its role in persons at intermediate risk and with lower blood pressure is unclear. METHODS: In one comparison from a 2-by-...

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Medicine

Blood pressure

Hazard ratio

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