Blood Pressure Target

Abstract

The recommendation of a higher BP target for the "over-60s" contradicts the avalanche of hypertension guidelines that appeared in 2013 to 2014, including those from the European Society of Hypertension and the European Society of Cardiology (4); the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (5); and the American Society of Hypertension and the International Society of Hypertension (6), as well as others 1 to 2 years earlier (7,8), all of which supported a treatment goal of