Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2024; 121(7): e20240459
Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk: Direct Association with Blood Pressure Values
This Short Editorial is referred by the Research article "The Association of Blood Pressure Defined by the 2017 ACC/AHA Guidelines and Cardiovascular Disease Risk for Middle-Aged and Elderly People in China: A Cohort Study".
Hypertension (AH) is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular (CV) diseases, mainly stroke, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and peripheral vascular insufficiency. Adequate control of blood pressure (BP) levels significantly reduces the appearance of all these harmful events.
As BP is a continuous biological variable, the definition of normality is not yet a universal consensus. The latest Brazilian AH guideline published in 2020 considers individuals with BP ≥140/90 mmHg (systolic/diastolic) to be hypertensive. However, we know that CV risk begins to increase at BP values well below those considered normal.
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Keywords: Aged; Cardiovascular Diseases; Hypertension
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