A new population-based cohort study in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus has found that systolic blood pressure below the level currently recommended by hypertension guidelines is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular events than the present threshold. However, whether blood pressure goals should be lowered remains contentious.
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Dojki, F., Bakris, G. Blood pressure goals in T2DM — time for a rethink?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 12, 629–630 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2016.163
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