Generalizability of Blood Pressure Lowering Trials to Older Patients: Cross‐Sectional Analysis

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Randomized controlled trials are used to inform clinical guidelines on the management of hypertension in older adults, but it is unclear to what extent these trials represent the general population attending routine clinical practice. This study aimed to define the proportion a...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Vol. 68; no. 11; pp. 2508 - 2515
Main Authors:	Sheppard, James P., Lown, Mark, Burt, Jenni, Temple, Eleanor, Lowe, Rebecca, Ashby, Hannah, Todd, Oliver, Allen, Julie, Ford, Gary A., Fraser, Rosalyn, Heneghan, Carl, Hobbs, F.D. Richard, Jowett, Sue, Little, Paul, Mant, Jonathan, Mollison, Jill, Payne, Rupert, Williams, Marney, Yu, Ly‐Mee, McManus, Richard J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.11.2020 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Adults Aged, 80 and over Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use Blood Pressure cardiovascular disease Clinical medicine Clinical practice guidelines Clinical trials Criteria Cross-Sectional Studies Decision making Drugs electronic health records Electronic medical records Eligibility Determination Female Frailty General Practice - statistics & numerical data Generalizability Humans Hypertension Hypertension - drug therapy Male Medical decision making Medical records Medical research Medical treatment Older people Patient Selection Patients Prescription drugs randomized controlled trials Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - statistics & numerical data Statistical analysis Statistics cardiovascular disease frailty electronic health records randomized controlled trials hypertension
ISSN:	0002-8614, 1532-5415, 1532-5415
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