Recommendation ID
NG136/02
Question

Thresholds for interventions in adults aged under 40: In adults aged under 40 with hypertension (with or without type 2 diabetes), what are the appropriate risk and blood pressure thresholds for starting treatment?

Any explanatory notes
(if applicable)

For a short explanation of why the committee made the recommendation for research, see the rationale on starting antihypertensive drug treatment.

Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review C: initiating treatment.


Source guidance details

Comes from guidance
Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management
Number
NG136
Date issued
August 2019

Other details

Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? No  
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register?   No  
Last Reviewed 31/03/2022