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

Malcolm Law states that "Glaser’s division of society into
“hypertensives” and “normotensives” is an artificial dichotomy
...".

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/338/may19_1/b1665#215796

But, a decision to treat or not treat someone creates a real
dichotomy.

I don't think that there is a fundamental difference between
artificial and real dichotomies. The fundamental difference is
in the decision-making: based on blood pressure or based on
risk.

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