Journal article
Do men and women respond differently to blood pressure-lowering treatment? Results of prospectively designed overviews of randomized trials
Abstract
AIMS: Large-scale observational studies show that lower blood pressure is associated with lower cardiovascular risk in both men and women although some studies have suggested that different outcomes between the sexes may reflect different responses to blood pressure-lowering treatment. The aims of these overview analyses were to quantify the effects of blood pressure-lowering treatment in each sex and to determine if there are important …
Authors
Turnbull F; Woodward M; Neal B; Barzi F; Ninomiya T; Chalmers J; Perkovic V; Li N; MacMahon S; Collaboration TBPLTT
Journal
European Heart Journal, Vol. 29, No. 21, pp. 2669–2680
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
November 2008
DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehn427
ISSN
0195-668X