Chart 9.1. – Onset of treatment with lifestyle interventions and pharmacological treatment according to blood pressure, age, and cardiovascular risk.

Status	Scope	Recommendation	Class	Level of evidence
Onset of lifestyle interventions	All stages of hypertension and blood pressure 130-139/85-89mm Hg	To diagnosis	I	A
Onset of pharmacological treatment	Stage 2 and 3 hypertensive patients	To diagnosis	I	A
	Stage 1 hypertensives at moderate to high cardiovascular risk	To diagnosis	I	B
	Stage 1 hypertensives and low cardiovascular risk Individuals with BP 130-139/85-89 mm Hg and preexisting CVD or at high cardiovascular risk	Wait 3 months for effects of lifestyle interventions	IIa	B
	Frail older adults and/or oldest old hypertensives	SBP ≥ 160 mm Hg	I	B
	Healthy older hypertensive patients	SBP ≥ 140mm Hg	I	A
	Individuals with BP 130-139/85-89 mm Hg without preexisting CVD and at low to moderate cardiovascular risk	Not recommended	III