TABLE 3.

Mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) ± SD from T0 to T12 depending on the risk of target organ damage (TOD) at T0

	Mean systolic blood pressure (mean ± SD mm Hg)
	T0	T1	T3	T6	T12
Classification according to the risk of TOD at T0
Normotensive (n = 8) (SBP < 140 mm Hg)	128 ± 7	138 ± 15	152 ± 17	148 ± 16	138 ± 22
Prehypertensive (n = 4) (SBP 140‐159 mm Hg)	150 ± 8	151 ± 8	149 ± 14	141 ± 19	146 ± 23
Moderately hypertensive (n = 10) (SBP 160‐179 mm Hg)	167 ± 6	161 ± 18	180 ± 26	162 ± 27	160 ± 21
Severely hypertensive (n = 15) (SBP ≥ 180 mm Hg)	205 ± 30	188 ± 37	181 ± 36	156 ± 26	157 ± 23