Legacy Effect of Delayed Blood Pressure-Lowering Pharmacotherapy in Middle-Aged Individuals Stratified by Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Chau Le Bao Ho   ¹ , MD ;   Sharon Sanders   ² , BSc, MPH, PhD ;   Jenny Doust   ² , BMBS, FRACGP, PhD ;   Monique Breslin   ¹ , PhD ;   Christopher M Reid   ^{3, 4} , MA, MSc, PhD ;   Mark Raymond Nelson   ^{1, 4} , MBBS, MFM, FRACGP, FAFPHM, PhD

¹ Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia

² Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

³ School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia

⁴ Centre of Cardiovascular Research & Education in Therapeutics, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia