Table 3.

Numbers and proportion of deaths in 686 treated hypertensive men and 6810 non-hypertensive men in primary prevention study

Mortality	No (%) of deaths
	Treated hypertensive men	P value		Non-hypertensive men
All cause	257 (37.4)	0.001		1992 (29.2)
Ischaemic heart disease	138 (20.1)	0.001		698 (10.3)
Stroke	31 (4.5)	0.002		120 (1.8)
Other cardiovascular disease	21 (3.1)	0.001		140 (2.1)
Cancer	61 (8.9)	NS		732 (10.8)
Other causes	6 (0.9)	0.001		281 (4.1)

NS=not signficant.