Recent changes in blood pressure levels, hypertension prevalence and treatment rates, and the rate of reaching target blood pressure in the elderly

Antihypertensive treatment has beneficial effects in the elderly. Surveying the situation of blood pressure in the elderly is quite important for planning strategies to manage elderly hypertensives. The aim of the present study was to investigate changes in blood pressure in the elderly over the past 15 years.As part of a physical check-up program between 2001 and 2015, 29,363 elderly participants (≥65 years of age) attended and were enrolled in...