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Figure 3 Risk of Nonfatal MI as Function of Heart Rate
Relative risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI) as a function of heart rate achieved at the end of the study in the beta-blocker group. The diameter of the circles represents the weight of each individual trial. The line represents the regression fit with 95% confidence interval for the effect sizes. VACS = Veterans Administration Cooperative Study Group on Antihypertensive Agents; other abbreviations as in Figure 2.
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