Hypertension is associated with a significant increase in risk of adverse cardiovascular and
kidney outcomes. Each of the following complications is closely associated with the
Renovascular hypertension – Renovascular hypertension is often due to fibromuscular
hypertension; most of the rest have what appears to be primary hypertension. (See
but hypertension is a major cause of morbidity and death in patients with Cushing's
Quantitatively, hypertension is the most prevalent modifiable risk factor for premature
cardiovascular disease, being more common than cigarette smoking, dyslipidemia, or
diabetes, which are the other major risk factors [
26
]. Hypertension often coexists with
these other risk factors as well as with overweight/obesity, an unhealthy diet, and physical
inactivity. The presence of more than one risk factor increases the risk of adverse
cardiovascular events [
4
].
The likelihood of having a cardiovascular event increases as blood pressure increases. In a
meta-analysis of over one million adults, risk began to rise in all age groups with blood
pressures >115 mmHg systolic or >75 mmHg diastolic (
figure 2A-B
) [
8
]. For every 20
mmHg higher systolic and 10 mmHg higher diastolic blood pressure, the risk of death from
heart disease or strokes doubles.
The 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines
for the management of hypertension summarized the available meta-analyses of
observational data by comparing the cardiovascular risk of different blood pressure strata
with a reference group that had a blood pressure <120 mmHg systolic and <80 mmHg
diastolic [
4
]. A blood pressure of 120 to 129 mmHg systolic and 80 to 84 mmHg diastolic
was associated with a hazard ratio of 1.1 to 1.5 for cardiovascular events, and blood
pressure of 130 to 139 mmHg systolic and 85 to 89 mmHg diastolic was associated with a
hazard ratio of 1.5 to 2.0. This relationship was consistent across sex and race/ethnic
subgroups but was somewhat attenuated among older adults.
The prognostic significance of systolic and diastolic blood pressure as a cardiovascular risk
factor appears to be age dependent. The systolic pressure and the pulse pressure are
greater predictors of risk in patients over the age of 50 to 60 years [
29
]. Under age 50
years, diastolic blood pressure is a better predictor of mortality than systolic readings [
30
].
When the systolic blood pressure is <130 mmHg, isolated diastolic hypertension does not
predict an increased cardiovascular risk, regardless of age [
31
]. Systolic hypertension and
pulse pressure in older individuals are discussed in detail separately. (See
"Treatment of
hypertension in older adults, particularly isolated systolic hypertension"
and
"Increased
pulse pressure"
.)
Intracerebral hemorrhage [
23,25
] (see
"Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage:
Pathogenesis, clinical features, and diagnosis"
)
●
Ischemic heart disease, including myocardial infarction and coronary interventions
[
23,26
] (see
"Overview of established risk factors for cardiovascular disease"
)
●
Chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease [
27,28
] (see
"Clinical features,
diagnosis, and treatment of hypertensive nephrosclerosis"
and
"Antihypertensive
therapy and progression of nondiabetic chronic kidney disease in adults"
)
●
While hypertension is associated with a relative increase in cardiovascular risk regardless of
other cardiovascular risk factors, importantly, the absolute risk of cardiovascular risk is
dependent on age and other cardiovascular risk factors in addition to the level of blood
pressure (
figure 3
) [
32
]. (See
"Cardiovascular risks of hypertension"
.)
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