Table 9.

Stratification of global cardiovascular risk in hypertension patients

Risk profile	Blood pressure (mm Hg)
	Stage 2 prehypertension (130–139/85–89)	Stage 1 hypertension (140–159/90–99)	Stage 2 hypertension (≥160/100)
No risk factora	Lowest risk group	Low added risk group	Moderate to high added risk group
Risk factor other than DM: 1–2	Low to moderate added risk group	Moderate added risk group	High added risk group
Risk factor ≥ 3 or subclinical organ damage	Moderate to high added risk group	High added risk group	High added risk group
DM, cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease	High added risk group	High added risk group	High added risk group

DM diabetes mellitus.

^aRisk factors: age (men ≥ 45 years old, female ≥ 55 years old), smoking, obesity (or abdominal obesity), dyslipidemia, impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance, family history of premature cardiovascular disease, and diabetes mellitus. Ten-year cardiovascular event rates for the lowest, average, low added, moderate added, and high added (including highest added risk group) risk groups were 2.5%, 5%, 5% to 10%, 10% to 15%, and ≥15%, respectively, according to Korean Medical Insurance Company Study data.