The 2014 Eighth Joint National Committee guidelines for hypertension management emphasize the upper limit of blood pressure (BP) as the target for treatment in the elderly population. Given the uncertainty regarding optimal BP range, we aimed to investigate the association between observed BP and subsequent mortality in older people.
Design, setting, and participants
We extracted data from 128,765 participants ≥65 years of age who underwent annual health examinations in a retrospective, observational community-based study from 2001 to 2010. Seated BP was measured using an oscillometric device. The outcomes were all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.