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A recent meta-analysis of 11 randomized controlled trials demonstrated a 13-percent relative risk reduction for all-cause death, along with significant risk reductions across multiple outcomes, including 16 percent for renal failure, 13 percent for congestive heart failure hospitalizations, 14 percent for major adverse cardiovascular events, 12 percent for stroke, 13 percent for non-fatal myocardial infarction and 14 percent for cardiovascular death
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