Blood pressure-lowering treatment strategies based on cardiovascular risk versus blood pressure: A meta-analysis of individual participant data

<strong>Background:</strong> Clinical practice guidelines have traditionally recommended blood pressure treatment based primarily on blood pressure thresholds. In contrast, using predicted cardiovascular risk has been advocated as a more effective strategy to guide treatment decisions fo...

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Main Authors: Karmali, K, Lloyd-Jones, D, van der Leeuw, J, Goff, D, Rahimi, K, Yusuf, S, Zanchetti, A, Glasziou, P, Jackson, R, Woodward, M, Rodgers, A, Chalmers, J, Neal, B, Berge, E, Sundström, J
Format: Journal article
Published: Public Library of Science 2018