Take-Home Figure Showing Bedtime Hypertension Treatment Improves Cardiovascular Risk Reduction (IMAGE)

European Society of Cardiology

Take-Home Figure Showing Bedtime Hypertension Treatment Improves Cardiovascular Risk Reduction

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Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI) of cardiovascular events as a function of hypertension treatment-time (either upon awakening or at bedtime). Total events: Death from all causes, myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, heart failure, ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke, angina pectoris, peripheral artery disease, thrombotic occlusion of the retinal artery, and transient ischaemic attack. Coronary events: cardiovascular disease death, myocardial infarction, and coronary revascularization. Cardiac events: Coronary events and heart failure. cardiovascular disease-outcome: Cardiac events plus ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke. Minor events: angina events, peripheral artery disease, thrombotic occlusion of the retinal artery, and transient ischaemic attack.

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