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. 2021 Mar 3;116(3):516–658. [Article in Portuguese] doi: 10.36660/abc.20201238

Chart 5.1. – Coexisting risk factors for hypertension.

Male
Age: > 55 years for men and > 65 years for women
Premature CVD in 1st degree relatives (men < 55 years old and women < 65 years old)
Smoking
Dyslipidemia: LDL cholesterol ≥100 mg/dL and/or non-HDL cholesterol 130 mg/dL and/or HDL cholesterol ≤ 40 mg/dL for men and ≤ 46 mg/dL for women and/or TG >150 mg/dL
Diabetes mellitus
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m 2 )