Hypertension is a chronic disease that seriously endangers the health of our residents. The country continues to increase efforts to prevent and control hypertension, promote health management with high-risk groups as the focus, and promote the forward movement of prevention and

Hypertension is a chronic disease that seriously endangers the health of our residents. The country continues to increase efforts to prevent and control hypertension, promote health management with high-risk groups as the focus, and promote the forward movement of prevention and control barriers. After years of hard work, the awareness, treatment rate and control rate of hypertension have continued to improve, and great progress has been made in the prevention and control work.

The country has standardized procedures for issuing diagnostic standards for diseases such as hypertension. Guidelines and consensuses issued by professional institutions, industry associations, individuals, etc. are the research results of experts and are not used as national disease diagnosis standards.

Regarding the diagnostic standards for hypertension, the publicity and education points, prevention and treatment guidelines, clinical pathways issued by the national health administrative departments in 2005, 2010 and 2017 are clearly defined: the diagnostic standards for adult hypertension are 3 times different days blood pressure exceeds 140/90mmHg. At present, the country has not adjusted the diagnostic standards for adult hypertension.

The country will continue to prevent and early intervention in hypertension, strengthen the health management of high-risk groups and patients, effectively reduce the occurrence and development of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases caused by hypertension, and effectively protect the health of the people.

Source: National Health Commission

Editor: Wu Fenggang (internship)

Proofreading: Ma Yang

Review: Xu Bingnan Yan Yan