Is drug treatment of hypertension in clinical practice as effective as in randomized controlled trials with regard to the reduction of the incidence of stroke?

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 339-344

  Klungel, Olaf H ^a,b   Stricker, Bruno H C ^b   Breteler, Monique M B ^b   Seidell, Jacob C ^c   Psaty, Bruce M ^d   De Boer, Anthonius ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Drug treatment; Effectiveness; Gender; Hypertension; Observational studies; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035055734     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200105000-00014     Document Type: Article

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