1. What does STOP-2 tell us about management of hypertension?
Morris J Brown 
The Lancet 
Volume 355, Issue 9204, Pages (February 2000)
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2. Absolute vs relative risks of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke (CVA)
Data from refs 2 and 3 used to illustrate how myocardial infarction appears to be a commoner complication of hypertension than stroke because its incidence is higher in most of the blood-pressure distribution. However, stroke has a higher relative risk (plotted here as 40% vs 25% for each 6 mm Hg increase in blood pressure), and overtakes myocardial infarction as an absolute risk in severe hypertension.
The Lancet  , DOI: ( /S (05) )
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