Risks of untreated and treated isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly: meta-analysis of outcome trials

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Blood pressureMedicineInternal medicineCardiologyHazard ratioPulse pressureStroke (engine)PrehypertensionProportional hazards modelSystolic hypertensionDiastoleMeta-regressionSystoleRisk factorMeta-analysisConfidence interval

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Year: 2000
Type: review
Volume: 355
Issue: 9207
Pages: 865-872
Citations: 1162
Access: Closed

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                                    Jan A. Staessen, 
                                
                                    Jerzy Gąsowski, 
                                
                                    Ji G. Wang
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2000). 
                            Risks of untreated and treated isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly: meta-analysis of outcome trials. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 355
                            (9207)
                            , 865-872.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(99)07330-4
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)07330-4