Lowering blood pressure reduces renal events in type 2 diabetes.

BP is an important determinant of kidney disease among patients with diabetes. The recommended thresholds to initiate treatment to lower BP are 130/80 and 125/75 mmHg for people with diabetes and nephropathy, respectively. We sought to determine the effects of lowering BP below these currently recom...

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Main Authors: de Galan, B, Perkovic, V, Ninomiya, T, Pillai, A, Patel, A, Cass, A, Neal, B, Poulter, N, Harrap, S, Mogensen, C, Cooper, M, Marre, M, Williams, B, Hamet, P, Mancia, G, Woodward, M, Glasziou, P, Grobbee, D, MacMahon, S, Chalmers, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009