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Effects of antihypertensive treatment in older adults

Effects of antihypertensive treatment in older adults
  HYVET SHEP STOP Syst-Eur Syst-China
Mean treatment BP reduction, SBP/DBP, mmHg -29/-13 -27/-9 -29/-17 -23/-7 -20/-5
Stroke,
percent reduction
-30 percent -32 percent -47 percent -42 percent -38 percent
Coronary disease,
percent reduction
-23 percent* -27 percent -13 percent -30 percent +6 percent
Heart failure,
percent reduction
-64 percent -55 percent -51 percent -29 percent -58 percent
SHEP: Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program; STOP: Swedish Trial in Old Patients; HYVET: Hypertension in Very Elderly Trial; Sys-Eur: European Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly; Syst-China: Chinese Trial on Isolated Systolic Hypertension in Elderly; BP: blood pressure: SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure.
* Percentage of cardiovascular mortality reduction.
Reproduced from: Burney B, Bakris G. Hypertension and its management in the elderly. Semin Nephrol 2009; 29:604. Table used with the permission of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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