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Use of blood pressure lowering drugs in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: meta-analysis of 147 randomised trials in the context of expectations from prospective epidemiological studies

BMJ 2009; 338 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b1665 (Published 19 May 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b1665

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women and serious adverse events data

Dear Dr. Law and colleagues

Were women well represented in the RCTs in your analysis? And did
you look for selective reporting of serious adverse events data?

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

26 May 2009
Maryann Napoli
consumer advocate
Center for Medical Consumers, New York, New York USA