Abstract
Meta-analyses of all BP-lowering RCTs involving hypertensive patients provide precise estimates of benefits (larger for stroke and heart failure, but also significant for CHD and mortality). Absolute risk reductions are substantial. Relationships of logarithmic risk ratios with BP reductions imply risk reduction increases progressively to a smaller extent the larger the BP reduction.
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MedicineBlood pressureRandomized controlled trialMeta-analysisInternal medicinePlaceboConfidence intervalMyocardial infarctionHeart failureMeta-regressionStroke (engine)Cochrane LibraryCardiology
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- 32
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- 12
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- 2285-2295
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Costas Thomopoulos,
Gianfranco Parati,
Alberto Zanchetti
(2014).
Effects of blood pressure lowering on outcome incidence in hypertension. 1. Overview, meta-analyses, and meta-regression analyses of randomized trials.
Journal of Hypertension
, 32
(12)
, 2285-2295.
https://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0000000000000378
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- 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000378