Health outcomes associated with various antihypertensive therapies used as first-line agents: a network meta-analysis.
@article{Psaty2003HealthOA, title={Health outcomes associated with various antihypertensive therapies used as first-line agents: a network meta-analysis.}, author={Bruce M. Psaty and Thomas Lumley and Curt D. Furberg and Gina D. Schellenbaum and Marco Pahor and Michael H. Alderman and Noel S Weiss}, journal={JAMA}, year={2003}, volume={289 19}, pages={ 2534-44 } }
CONTEXT
Establishing relative benefit or harm from specific antihypertensive agents is limited by the complex array of studies that compare treatments. Network meta-analysis combines direct and indirect evidence to better define risk or benefit.
OBJECTIVE
To summarize the available clinical trial evidence concerning the safety and efficacy of various antihypertensive therapies used as first-line agents and evaluated in terms of major cardiovascular disease end points and all-cause mortality…
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