Aggressive Hypertensive Therapy May Do More Harm Than Good In People With Diabetes And Moderately Elevated Blood Pressure.

eported, “For patients with diabetes and moderately elevated blood pressure, aggressive antihypertensive therapy may do more harm than good,” the findings of a 49-study meta-analysis published Feb. 25 in the BMJ suggest. In patients with diabetes whose “systolic blood pressure (SBP)” was “less than 140 mm Hg at baseline, additional antihypertensive treatment increased the risk of cardiovascular mortality by 15%,” the meta-analysis revealed. Healio (2/26, Cox) also covered the story. http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Diabetes/56426