Abbildung 46: EUROPA-Studie - Blutdruck
During the run-in period during where all patients received perindopril, blood pressure was reduced from 137/82 to 128/78 mm Hg. After randomisation, systolic and diastolic blood pressures among patients treated with perindopril were maintained until the study end and the average blood pressure during double-blind treatment was 5/2 mm Hg higher in the placebo group. Also, it was shown that reduction of fatal and non-fatal MI was reduced more then due to the reduction of BP alone (ref. EUROPA editorial).