Comment on

• Randomised trial of old and new antihypertensive drugs in elderly patients: cardiovascular mortality and morbidity the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension-2 study.

  Hansson L, Lindholm LH, Ekbom T, Dahlöf B, Lanke J, Scherstén B, Wester PO, Hedner T, de Faire U. Hansson L, et al. Lancet. 1999 Nov 20;354(9192):1751-6. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)10327-1. Lancet. 1999. PMID: 10577635 Clinical Trial.
• Randomised trial of effects of calcium antagonists compared with diuretics and beta-blockers on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in hypertension: the Nordic Diltiazem (NORDIL) study.

  Hansson L, Hedner T, Lund-Johansen P, Kjeldsen SE, Lindholm LH, Syvertsen JO, Lanke J, de Faire U, Dahlöf B, Karlberg BE. Hansson L, et al. Lancet. 2000 Jul 29;356(9227):359-65. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02526-5. Lancet. 2000. PMID: 10972367 Clinical Trial.
• Morbidity and mortality in patients randomised to double-blind treatment with a long-acting calcium-channel blocker or diuretic in the International Nifedipine GITS study: Intervention as a Goal in Hypertension Treatment (INSIGHT).

  Brown MJ, Palmer CR, Castaigne A, de Leeuw PW, Mancia G, Rosenthal T, Ruilope LM. Brown MJ, et al. Lancet. 2000 Jul 29;356(9227):366-72. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02527-7. Lancet. 2000. PMID: 10972368 Clinical Trial.