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

ABSTRACT

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.

KEYWORDS:

• Hypertension
• treatment
• target blood pressure
• health checkup

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and the writing of the paper.

Data availability statement

Raw data were generated at Kitakyushu city office (https://www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp/index.html). Derived data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author (S.F) on request.