Highlights of the 2018 Chinese hypertension guidelines

Clinical Hypertension

Table 1 BP categories in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, US and European hypertension guidelines

BP category (mmHg)	CHL 2018 [1]	KSH 2018 [7,8,9]	JSH 2019 [10]	AHA/ACC 2017 [2]	ESC/ESH 2018 [3]
SBP < 120 and DBP < 80	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Optimal
SBP: 120–129 and DBP < 80	High normal	Elevated	High normal	Elevated	Normal^a
SBP: 130–139 and (or) DBP: 80–89	High normal	Prehypertension	Elevated	Grade 1 hypertension	High normal^b
SBP: 140–159 and (or) DBP: 90–99	Grade 1 hypertension	Grade 1 hypertension	Grade 1 hypertension	Grade 2 hypertension	Grade 1 hypertension
SBP: 160–179 and (or) DBP: 100–109	Grade 2 hypertension	Grade 2 hypertension	Grade 2 hypertension		Grade 2 hypertension
SBP ≥ 180 and (or) DBP ≥ 110	Grade 3 hypertension	Grade 2 hypertension	Grade 3 hypertension		Grade 3 hypertension
SBP ≥ 140 and DBP < 90	ISH	ISH	ISH	NA	ISH

ACC American College of Cardiology, AHA American Heart Association, BP blood pressure, CHL Chinese Hypertension League, DBP diastolic BP, ESC European Society of Cardiology, ESH European Society of Hypertension, ISH isolated systolic hypertension, JSH Japanese Society of Hypertension, KSH Korean Society of Hypertension, NA not available, SBP systolic BP.
^a DBP: 80–84 mmHg
^b DBP: 85–89 mmHg.

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