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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: After adjustment for the baseline risk factors of race (black vs other), sex, use of antihypertensive medication before the study, a composite variable (diabetes, previous heart attack, or stroke), age, and smoking history (ever vs never) and adjustment for the SBP as a time-dependent variable, we found, for the active treatment group only, that a decrease of 5 mm Hg in DBP increased the risk for stroke (relative risk, [RR], 1. 14 ; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 1. 05-1. 22), for CHD (RR, 1. 08 ; 95 % CI, 1. 00-1. 16), and for CVD (RR, 1. 11 ; 95 % CI, 1. 05-1. 16).