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Prospective Studies Collaboration analysis on influence of high blood pressure on cardiovascular mortality. Reduction of usual systolic BP (upper panel) and diastolic BP (lower panel) is associated with a lower hazard ratios (hazard ratio <1.0) for mortality from stroke, ischaemic heart disease (IHD) as well as other vascular causes. The hazard ratios are much more in the younger age-groups indicating more benefit by BP reduction at these age-groups (Source: Ref10).
