Interesting, if disturbing news if true.
Time magazine (Feb.2) ran a large 2 page ad from AstraZenica with an interesting "chances of a heart attack for women in 10 years" questionnaire...I imagine also pretty appplicable to men. Risk runs from <1% to >30%.
Basically it's add points for risk factors like AGE, total cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, HDL cholesterol and smoking. (The only minuses are age: 20-34 and HDL of 60+ [I missed #1 by a mile and #2 by one point.
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OK, now the on-topic import:
the Systolic Blood Pressure is divided into 2 groups, TREATED and UNTREATED. Best you can do is zero with systolic of <120 in either group.
BUT: Treated group adds 3 points for 120-129. Untreated doesn't climb to 3 points til
140-159.
Conclusion: With a BP of 159, it is a waste of money [and side effects] to begin treatment unless you can get BELOW 120 systolic. AND if you can only drop to 130 you actually ADD another risk point [+4].
If true, this has DRASTIC ramifications.
Any thoughts?
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