Achievement rate of blood pressure <140/90 mmHg and <130/80 mmHg in subjects with hypertension; findings from a Japanese health checkup in 2017

• Published in: Clinical and experimental hypertension (1993) Vol. 42; no. 7; pp. 648 - 655
• Main Authors: Fujishima, Shinichiro, Kodama, Satoko, Tsuchihashi, Takuya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 02-10-2020; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: health checkup; Hypertension; target blood pressure; treatment; Hypertension; health checkup; treatment; target blood pressure
• ISSN: 1064-1963; 1525-6006
• DOI: 10.1080/10641963.2020.1764017

Blood pressure (BP) control status was investigated using data of a health checkup held in a Japanese city. In fiscal year 2017, 54,287 persons (age, 40-74 years; males, 49%) underwent the checkup; 28,167 examinees had a systolic BP ≥140 mmHg, a diastolic BP ≥90 mmHg, or took antihypertensive agents. Of these subjects, 20,153 subjects took antihypertensive agents. A BP <140/90 was achieved in 66.6% (13,426) of the treated subjects; however, a BP <130/80 was achieved only in 30.7% (6,188). In conclusion, in 2017, although a relatively large proportion of treated subjects achieved a BP <140/90 mmHg with antihypertensive agents, only approximately half of these subjects reached a BP <130/80 mmHg, which is the latest treatment target for persons aged 75 years or less according to the Japanese hypertension guidelines 2019.