Re: HYVET stopped early

On Aug 8, 10:25 am, David Rind <dr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


No, it wasn't. A relative risk of 1.01 with a CI of 0.89-1.15 is not a
slight increase in mortality risk and you don't get to claim it as such,
any more than I can pretend that the RR of 0.99 in the Cochrane
meta-analysis was a slight decrease in mortality.

--
David Rind

You are correct . In this study atenolol v placebo moratality was
unchanged ; but there are anaysis that indicate atenolol increases
mortality rates when compared to other active treatments. Let me ask
again

At best this drug has little value and less evidence to support its
use in the control hypertension. Studies have linked it to an
increased risk of diabetes.It has unpleasant and sometimes serious
side effects. It provides very little [ if any ] benefit to the
patient . In every comparison trail it loses. Doctors her still
widely
prescibe it. Why?

Thanks Vince

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