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. 2004 Mar 29;4:2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-4-2

Table 1.

Age, sex, mean BP by age, and the components of blood pressure measurement of 1142 patients who had not achieved target levels.

Sex Female 685 (60%)

Male 457 (40%)
Age (years) Mean(SD) 64 (13)

Minimum 22

Maximum 94

Diabetes 206 (18%)

Systolic BP not achieved target 1094 (95.8%)

Diastolic BP not achieved target 462 (40.5%)

Both systolic and diastolic not achieved target 414 (36.3%)

ONLY systolic BP not achieving target 680 (59.5%)

ONLY diastolic BO not achieving target 48 (4.2%)

Mean systolic BP by age group Age 40 and under 143.8 mmHG

Age 41 to 60 145.7 mmHG

Age 61 to 80 149.8 mmHG

Age 81 and older 151.6 mmHG

Mean diastolic BP by age group Age 40 and under 91.6 mmHG

Age 41 to 60 87.6 mmHG

Age 61 to 80 81.0 mmHG

Age 81 and older 78.5 mmHG