Blood pressure lowering for prevention of cardiovascular disease and death: systematic review and meta-analysis
Strongest tier~10 mmHg SBP lowering in RCT meta-analysis reduced all-cause mortality RR 0.87; observational 20 mmHg higher usual SBP materially increased vascular mortality
Ettehad et al · Lancet · 2016 · PMID 26724178
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