1.Current status of blood pressure control in elderly hypertensive patients under the antihypertensive standard recommended by Chinese experts
Qiongyi HE ; Xingman FAN ; Chenyue MA ; Meng WANG ; Jing ZHANG ; Haitao ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Geriatric Heart Brain and Vessel Diseases 2024;26(1):34-37
Objective To analyze the antihypertensive compliance rate,drug use and complication distribution among very old hypertensive inpatients under the antihypertensive standard of 150/90 mm Hg in our country(1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa).Methods A total of 409 hospitalized patients aged ≥80 years and diagnosed with hypertension in all departments of Air Force Medical Center of PLA were enrolled,and according to their clinical outcomes,they were divided into intensive antihypertensive group(106 cases,SBP<130 mm Hg),standard antihypertensive group(155 ca-ses,SBP 130-149 mm Hg)and non-standard blood pressure group(148 cases,SBP ≥150 mm Hg).The status of blood pressure control was analyze in each group.Results When 150/90 mm Hg was used as the blood pressure standard,25.9%were in the intensive blood pressure group,37.9%were in the standard blood pressure group,36.2%were in the non-standard blood pressure group.The proportion of patients aged>90 years was significantly lower in the non-standard blood pressure group than the intensive antihypertensive group and the standard anti-hypertensive group(4.1%vs 7.5%and 12.3%,P<0.05).The ratio of single-drug therapy was significantly higher in the standard antihypertensive group than the intensive antihypertensive group(46.5%vs 32.1%,P<0.05),and that of dual combination therapy was obviously higher in the intensive antihypertensive group than the standard antihypertensive group(35.8%vs 22.6%,P<0.05).The proportions of heart damage and cerebrovascular damage were significantly higher(43.4%vs 21.9%,26.4%vs 14.8%),and the proportion of complicated retinopathy was notably lower(11.3%vs 23.9%)in the intensive antihypertensive group than the standard antihypertens-ive group(P<0.05).Conclusion For very old hypertensive patients in our country,it is more sci-entific and practical to use 150/90 mm Hg as the starting standard for blood pressure reduction.Intensified blood pressure reduction increases cardiovascular and cerebrovascular damages in them instead.