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From 1999-2000, average blood pressures for Americans age 40 and older would have been 10-13% higher without antihypertensive drug therapy.
Cutler D, Long G, Berndt E, Royer J, et al. The Value Of Antihypertensive Drugs: A perspective on medical innovation. Health Affairs. 2007; 26(1): 97-110