Journal article
Age-stratified and blood-pressure-stratified effects of blood-pressure-lowering pharmacotherapy for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and death: an individual participant-level data meta-analysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The effects of pharmacological blood-pressure-lowering on cardiovascular outcomes in individuals aged 70 years and older, particularly when blood pressure is not substantially increased, is uncertain. We compared the effects of blood-pressure-lowering treatment on the risk of major cardiovascular events in groups of patients stratified by age and blood pressure at baseline.
METHODS: We did a meta-analysis using individual …
Authors
Collaboration TBPLTT; Rahimi K; Bidel Z; Nazarzadeh M; Copland E; Canoy D; Wamil M; Majert J; McManus R; Adler A
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 398, No. 10305, pp. 1053–1064
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2021
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01921-8
ISSN
0140-6736