Journal article
Effects of blood pressure lowering on cardiovascular risk according to baseline body-mass index: a meta-analysis of randomised trials
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The cardiovascular benefits of blood pressure lowering in obese people compared with people of normal weight might depend on choice of drug. We compared the effects of blood pressure-lowering regimens on cardiovascular risk in groups of patients categorised by baseline body-mass index (BMI).
METHODS: We used individual patient data from trials included in the Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration to compare the …
Authors
Ying A; Arima H; Czernichow S; Woodward M; Huxley R; Turnbull F; Perkovic V; Neal B
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 385, No. 9971, pp. 867–874
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
3 2015
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61171-5
ISSN
0140-6736