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Blood-pressure targets in chronic kidney disease

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The optimal blood-pressure goals to prevent progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) remain controversial. The results of the AASK cohort study provide additional support for more aggressive blood-pressure control (<130/90 mmHg) in proteinuric but not nonproteinuric patients with hypertensive CKD.

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Figure 1: Differences in underlying pathology alter the threshold level of blood pressure that affects CKD progression.

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Bidani, A., Griffin, K. Blood-pressure targets in chronic kidney disease. Nat Rev Nephrol 7, 128–130 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2010.168

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