No evidence that frailty modifies the positive impact of antihypertensive treatment in very elderly people: an investigation of the impact of frailty upon treatment effect in the HYpertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET) study, a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of antihypertensives in people with hypertension aged 80 and over

BACKGROUND: Treatment for hypertension with antihypertensive medication has been shown to reduce stroke, cardiovascular events, and mortality in older adults, but there is concern that such treatment may not be appropriate in frailer older adults. To investigate whether there is an interaction betwe...

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Autores principales: Warwick, Jane, Falaschetti, Emanuela, Rockwood, Kenneth, Mitnitski, Arnold, Thijs, Lutgarde, Beckett, Nigel, Bulpitt, Christopher, Peters, Ruth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4404571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25880068
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0328-1

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