Trials on lowering salt consumption and treating hypertension in the community impressed Drs Harrington and Gibson in this discussion of the best public health research of 2021.

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CV Public Health Trials

Interim effects of salt substitution on urinary electrolytes and blood pressure in the China Salt Substitute and Stroke Study (SSaSS) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.12.020

A Cluster Randomized Trial of a Village Doctor-Led Intervention on Blood Pressure Control: China Rural Hypertension Control Project

https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/?_ga=2.141042993.2042594723.1635046736-1021258137.1633710264#!/9349/presentation/18155

A Remotely Delivered Hypertension and Lipid Program in 10,000 Patients Across a Diverse Health Care Network

https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/?_ga=2.141042993.2042594723.1635046736-1021258137.1633710264#!/9349/presentation/18153

COVID-19 Public Health Trials

Impact of community masking on COVID-19: A cluster-randomized trial in Bangladesh

https://www.poverty-action.org/publication/impact-community-masking-covid-19-cluster-randomized-trial-bangladesh

Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19

https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2021436

Effect of Discontinuing vs Continuing Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers on Days Alive and Out of the Hospital in Patients Admitted With COVID-19

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2775280

The Recovery Trial Initiative

https://www.recoverytrial.net/results

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