Risk based guidelines may improve hypertension treatment
Baker et al (p 680) modelled three treatment thresholds for
hypertension based on the absolute risk of cardiovascular disease. They
applied their models to a sample of 2158 residents in Auckland, New
Zealand. Applying a 5 year risk threshold of 15% was estimated to
increase the number treated by less than 10% and increase the number
of disease events averted by 35%.
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- Using thresholds based on risk of cardiovascular disease to target treatment for hypertension: modelling events averted and number treated
- Simon Baker, Patricia Priest, and Rod Jackson
BMJ 2000 320: 680-685.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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