Antihypertensive medication versus health promotion for improving metabolic syndrome in preventing cardiovascular events: a success rate-oriented simulation study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In practice, it is difficult to compare the effectiveness of traditional antihypertensive treatment with that of health promotion in reducing incidence rate of cardiovascular disease (IR<sub>CVD</sub>, events/year). This...

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Main Authors: Satoh Makiko, Hanyu Mayuko, Miyazaki Takashi, Araki Ryuichiro, Shibazaki Satomi, Ohno Yoichi, Takenaka Tsuneo, Okada Hirokazu, Suzuki Hiromichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/11/8