2019 Chinese guideline for the management of hypertension in the elderly.

1.3 Current status of epidemiology of hypertension in the elderly The results of the national wide hypertension sampling survey in 1991 showed the prevalence of hypertension in people aged ≥ 60 years was 40.4%, [2] national-wide nutrition survey in 2002 showed the prevalence was 49.1%, [3] the results of a national-wide cross-sectional survey of hypertension using a multi-stage stratified random sampling method during 2012–2015 showed the prevalence of hypertension in people aged ≥ 60 years was 53.2%, [4] the prevalence of hypertension showed an increasing trend generally.

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