Cardiovascular outcomes at recommended blood pressure targets in middle-aged and elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension

Cardiovascular outcomes at recommended blood pressure targets in middle-aged and elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension

Purpose Available data of event-based clinical outcomes trials show that little evidence supports the guidelines recommendations to lower blood pressure (BP) to <130/80 mmHg in middle-aged and elderly people with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension. We addressed this issue by post-hoc analy...

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Main Authors: Eirik Olsen, Björn Holzhauer, Stevo Julius, Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Anne Cecilie K. Larstorp, Giuseppe Mancia, Maria H. Mehlum, Rune Mo, Morten Rostrup, Camilla L. Søraas, Dion Zappe, Michael A. Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-03-01
Series:Blood Pressure
Subjects:
antihypertensive treatment
blood pressure
blood pressure target
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular risk
diabetes mellitus
hypertension
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2020.1855968

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2020.1855968

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