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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Mean blood pressure was 167 (SD 19) mm Hg/90 (13) mm Hg at baseline (median 26 h [16-37] after stroke onset), and was significantly reduced on day 1 in 2000 patients allocated to glyceryl trinitrate compared with 2011 controls (difference -70 [95 % CI -85 to -56] mm Hg / -35 [-44 to -26] mm Hg ; both p < 00001), and on day 7 in 1053 patients allocated to continue antihypertensive drugs compared with 1044 patients randomised to stop them (difference -95 [95 % CI -118 to -72] mm Hg / -50 [-64 to -37] mm Hg ; both p < 00001).