WHO · Cardiovascular
Hypertension — Adult Management
Confirm on 2+ visits. Lifestyle: reduce salt <5 g/day, exercise 150 min/week, weight loss. Initiate pharmacotherapy if BP ≥140/90 with CVD risk, or ≥160/100 always. First-line: ACEi/ARB, thiazide, or CCB. Target <140/90 (<130/80 if diabetic/CKD).
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Citation: WHO — Hypertension — Adult Management (who-htn-1)