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Table 2 Variation in target blood pressure for elderly patients

From: Variation in hypertension clinical practice guidelines: a global comparison

Guideline

Recommended target BP in the elderly

Poland 2017 [58]

Somalia 2015 [21]

SBP 140–150 mmHg

Thailand 2015 [39]

Age 60–80, 140–150/90 mmHg

Age ≥ 80, <  150/90 mmHg

China 2019 [44]

Age 65–80, <  140/90 mmHg

Age ≥ 80, <  150/90 mmHg

IGH India 2013 [27]

Age 55–79, <  140/90 mmHg

Age > 80, SBP 140–140 mmHg

ISH 2020 [65]

JSH/Japan 2019 [54]

<  140/90 mmHg

Korea 2018 [52]

SBP < 140 mmHg

ESC/ESH 2018 [56]

SBP 130–139 mmHg

DBP 70–79 mmHg

Taiwan 2017 [60]

SBP < 140/90

ACC/AHA 2017 [55]

Age ≥ 65, SBP < 130 mmHg

  1. Target BP for elderly patients recommended by CPGs that differed from the most common target of < 150/90 mmHg
  2. IGH Indian Guidelines for Hypertension, JSH Japanese Society of Hypertension, ESC/ESH European Society of Cardiology and Hypertension