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Blood pressure drugs work well in both sexes |
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Do men and women respond differently to blood pressure-lowering treatment? A report from Australia suggests that a broad range of treatments for high blood pressure or ?hypertension? have similar protective effects in both sexes.
Dr. Fiona Turnbull and colleagues at the University of Sydney studied data from 31 trials involving 103,268 men and 87,349 women who participated in blood pressure-lowering treatment trials.
Reductions in blood pressure were comparable between the sexes for each of the treatment comparisons, the team reports.
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published by health.am/hypertension/ |
