Figure 1.

Flowchart of classification of additional CV risk for hypertensive patients. BP: blood pressure; CAD: coronary artery disease; HF: heart failure; PAD: peripheral arterial disease; CKD: chronic kidney disease; UACR: urine albumin/creatinine ratio; TOD: target-organ damage; LVH: left ventricular hypertrophy; PWV: pulse wave velocity; ABI: ankle-brachial index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure. Risk factors: male sex, age > 55 years (men) or > 65 years (women), family history, smoking, dyslipidemia, obesity and insulin resistance.