Trial of Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Older Patients with Hypertension

Zhang, Weili; Zhang, ‪Shuyuan; Deng, Yue; Wu, Shouling; Ren, Jie; Sun, Gang; Yang, Jinfeng; Jiang, Yinong; Xu, Xinjuan; Wang, Tzung‐Dau; Chen, Youren; Li, Yufeng; Yao, Lianchen; Li, Dianfang; Wang, Lixin; Shen, Xiaomei; Yin, Xinhua; Liu, Wei; Zhou, Xiaoyang; Zhu, Bingpo; Guo, Zihong; Liu, Hualing; Chen, Xiaoping; Feng, Yingqing; Tian, Gang; Gao, Xiuyin; Kario, Kazuomi; Cai, Jun

doi:10.1056/nejmoa2111437

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Trial of Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Older Patients with Hypertension

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Aug 30, 2021

Authors:

Weili Zhang

‪Shuyuan Zhang

Yue Deng

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The appropriate target for systolic blood pressure to reduce cardiovascular risk in older patients with hypertension remains unclear. METHODS: In this multicenter, randomized, controlled trial, we assigned Chinese patients 60 to 80 years of age with hypertension to a systolic blood-press...

Subject

Blood pressure

Medicine

Cardiology

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