Effects of blood pressure lowering on outcome incidence in hypertension. 1. Overview, meta-analyses, and meta-regression analyses of randomized trials.

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Abstract

Antihypertensive treatment is based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) started since 1966. Meta-analyses comprehensive of all RCTs but limited to RCTs investigating blood pressure (BP) lowering in hypertensive patients are lacking.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Hypertens.

Title: Journal of hypertension

ISSN (Electronic): 1473-5598

ISSN (Print): 0263-6352

Publication date (Electronic): Dec 2014

Volume: 32

Issue: 12

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[1 ] aDepartment of Cardiology, Helena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece bDepartment of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS cDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Milan Bicocca dScientific Direction, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS eCentro Interuniversitario di Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

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DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000378

PubMed ID: 25255397

SO-VID: 5f5ce190-4e03-4915-95d4-f562e37efbc3

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