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Prescrire international · Apr 2014
ReviewTreating blood pressure between 140/90 and 160/95 mmHg: no proven benefit.
- Prescrire Int. 2014 Apr 1;23(148):106.
AbstractAccording to a systematic review of four randomised trials in 8912 patients, antihypertensive therapy has not been shown to have a positive harm-benefit balance in people with blood pressure between 140/90 mmHg and 159/99 mmHg, but with no other cardiovascular risk factors.
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