The Effect of Frailty on the Efficacy and Safety of Intensive Blood Pressure Control: A Post Hoc Analysis of the SPRINT Trial

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Authors

Zhiyan Wang · World Wide Web Consortium

Xin Du · World Wide Web Consortium

Chang Hua · World Wide Web Consortium

Wenjie Li · World Wide Web Consortium

Hao Zhang · World Wide Web Consortium

Xinru Liu · World Wide Web Consortium

Yufeng Wang ·

Abstract

Frailty status was a marker of high cardiovascular risk. Patients with frailty benefit similarly to other patients from intensive blood pressure control without an increased risk of serious adverse events.

Topics & Keywords

Frailty in Older Adults Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 148, Issue 7, pp. 565-574

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.123.064003

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