Why the study?
Do plasma renin levels predict the incidence of stroke and myocardial infarction in hypertensive patients?
Population
155 hypertensive patients, comprising 39 untreated patients and 116 treated patients
Design
Cohort
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Plasma renin levels should not guide vascular risk prediction in treated hypertension; leaves open its prognostic value in untreated patients or other cohorts.
Do plasma renin levels predict the incidence of stroke and myocardial infarction in hypertensive patients?
Plasma renin levels are not a reliable index for predicting the probability of stroke or myocardial infarction in hypertensive patients.
Doyle et al. (1973) studied this question.
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