Blood-Pressure and Cholesterol Lowering in Persons without Cardiovascular Disease

BACKGROUND: Elevated blood pressure and elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Lowering both should reduce the risk of cardiovascular events substantially. METHODS: In a trial with 2-by-2 factorial design, we randomly assigned 12,705 participa...

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Main Authors: Yusuf, S., Lonn, E., Pais, P., Bosch, J., López-Jaramillo, P., Zhu, J., Xavier, D., Avezum, A., Leiter, L., Piegas, L., Parkhomenko, A., Keltai, M., Keltai, K., Sliwa, K., Chazova, I., Peters, R., Held, C., Yusoff, K., Lewis, B., Jansky, P., Khunti, K., Toff, W., Reid, Christopher, Varigos, J., Accini, J., McKelvie, R., Pogue, J., Jung, H., Liu, L., Diaz, R., Dans, A., Dagenais, G., HOPE-3 Investigators
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45076