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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Nephrol. 2018 Mar 28;34(3):405–412. doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3946-y

Table 5.

Hypertension treatment goals

European Guidelines US Guidelines
BP Goal <16 years BP Goal ≥ 16 years BP Goal < 13 years BP Goal ≥ 13 years
HTN without co-morbidities <95th %ile <140/90 <90th %ile* <130/80
HTN + Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 or 2 <90th %ile <130/80 <90th %ile * <130/80
HTN + CKD
*Without proteinuria <75th %ile <130/80 <50th %ile MAP by ABPM <50th %ile MAP by ABPM
*With proteinuria <50th %ile <125/75 <50th %ile MAP by ABPM <50th %ile MAP by ABPM
*

Or <130/80, whichever lower.

US=United States; BP=blood pressure; CKD=chronic kidney disease; MAP=mean arterial pressure; ABPM=ambulatory blood pressure monitoring