{"id":31066,"date":"2012-08-16T08:59:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T12:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31066"},"modified":"2012-08-16T08:59:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T12:59:22","slug":"cochrane-review-benefits-of-treating-mild-hypertension-not-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/2012\/08\/16\/cochrane-review-benefits-of-treating-mild-hypertension-not-clear\/","title":{"rendered":"Cochrane Review: Benefits of Treating Mild Hypertension Not Clear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The benefits of treating patients with mildly elevated blood pressure who are free of cardiovascular disease are unclear, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecochranelibrary.com\/details\/file\/2486291\/CD006742.html\">a Cochrane review<\/a>. These findings conflict with current hypertension treatment guidelines in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers analyzed data from nearly 9000 participants in four trials and found no obvious benefit of drug treatment in patients with mild hypertension (systolic BP, 140 to 159 mm Hg and\/or diastolic BP, 90 to 99 mm Hg) in terms of total mortality or cardiovascular events at 5 years&#8217; follow-up. They did, however, see an increased likelihood of drug withdrawal due to adverse effects (relative risk, 4.8).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The benefits of treating patients with mildly elevated blood pressure who are free of cardiovascular disease are unclear, according to a Cochrane review. These findings conflict with current hypertension treatment guidelines in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 9000 participants in four trials and found no obvious benefit of drug treatment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}