Effects of different regimens to lower blood pressure on major cardiovascular events in older and younger people: Meta-analysis of randomised trials

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7653, 2008, Pages 1121-1123

  Turnbull, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HARM REDUCTION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44349101152     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39548.738368.BE     Document Type: Article

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