Cardiovascular outcomes at recommended blood pressure targets in middle-aged and elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus compared to all middle-aged and elderly hypertensive study patients with high cardiovascular risk

Purpose Event-based clinical outcome trials have shown limited evidence to support guidelines recommendations to lower blood pressure (BP) to <130/80 mmHg in middle-aged and elderly hypertensive patients with diabetes mellitus or with general high cardiovascular (CV) risk. We addressed this issue...

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Published in:	Blood Pressure
Main Authors:	Eirik Olsen, Björn Holzhauer, Stevo Julius, Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Anne Cecilie K. Larstorp, Giuseppe Mancia, Maria H. Mehlum, Rune Mo, Morten Rostrup, Camilla L. Søraas, Dion Zappe, Michael A. Weber
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2021-03-01
Subjects:	antihypertensive treatment blood pressure blood pressure target cardiovascular disease cardiovascular risk diabetes mellitus hypertension
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2020.1856642