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TrialJournal of clinical lipidology

Preventive effect of pravastatin on the development of hypertension in patients with hypercholesterolemia: A post-hoc analysis of the Management of Elevated Cholesterol in the Primary Prevention Group of Adult Japanese (MEGA) Study.

Toshiaki Otsuka et al.PubMed ↗Publisher ↗

What the trial testedrandomised · 3,397 people

Randomised comparison

Lowered blood pressure

−10%−19% to −0%

45 in 100 instead of 49

Bigger than 2 in 10 on the map

As reported

HR 0.90, 95% CI 0.81–1.00

One number in the abstract

the abstract, start to end

… of developing hypertension (hazard ratio 0.90, 95% confidence interval …

← favours treatmentfavours comparator →
could be chance
Blood pressure
HR 0.900.81–1.00
StatinsBlood pressure
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