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Blood-Pressure and Cholesterol Lowering in Persons without Cardiovascular Disease | Synapse

April 2, 2016Open Access

Blood-Pressure and Cholesterol Lowering in Persons without Cardiovascular Disease

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Elevated blood pressure and elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Lowering both should reduce the risk of cardiovascular events substantially.

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Yusuf et al. (Sat,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0feb352badbc352afef5ea https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1600177

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