Lower blood pressure goal benefits African-Americans with chronic kidney disease, protein in the urine
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Lower blood pressure goal benefits African-Americans with chronic kidney disease, protein in the urine
On average, a lower blood pressure goal was no better than the standard blood pressure goal at slowing progression of kidney disease among African-Americans who had chronic kidney disease resulting from high blood pressure, according to results of the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK), the largest and longest study of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in African …
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