How people get it: Checked at doctors' offices, pharmacies or at home. Treatment, if needed, is by prescription.
The basics
What it is
- Under a 2017 guideline, hypertension is defined as a blood pressure of 130/80 mmHg or higher.
- People with high blood pressure often have no signs or symptoms.
- Self-measured blood pressure monitoring means a patient regularly checks their own blood pressure at home or elsewhere outside a clinic.
Sources: CDC: Control High Blood Pressure | 6|18 Initiative ↗ · US Preventive Services Task Force: Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening ↗
How it's thought to help
Blood pressure is affected by short-term factors such as emotions, stress, pain, physical activity, and drugs.
Source: US Preventive Services Task Force: Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening ↗
What the research has found so far
A review of studies found strong evidence that home monitoring with added support, like counseling or education, improves blood pressure.
Source: CDC: Control High Blood Pressure | 6|18 Initiative ↗
On knowing and controlling your blood pressure and aging, PubMed lists 1,881 trials in people, 2,853 studies that watched people over time, 27 animal and lab studies. See the counts and searches
Stage 4 because it is recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force (blood pressure screening for all adults 18 or older). See the source ↗
A stage shows how far research has got, not whether it will work for you. How stages work
Who should be careful
Patients with very high blood pressure or signs of end-organ damage may need immediate treatment. Some people believed to have high blood pressure may have lower readings outside the office, known as white coat hypertension.
Source: US Preventive Services Task Force: Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening ↗
Questions to ask your doctor
- Is knowing and controlling your blood pressure a good fit for me, given my health and the medicines I take?
- Is there anything I should avoid or watch for, given my health conditions?
- Where should I start, and how much is right for me?
- How would we tell whether it is helping, and when should we review it?
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High blood pressure (hypertension) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic ↗
“Ask your provider for a blood pressure reading at least every two years starting at age 18.”
The page explains that most people with high blood pressure have no symptoms, so regular blood pressure checks matter.
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Trials
ClinicalTrials.gov lists 732 registered trials that mention Knowing and controlling your blood pressure, for any condition (the count in The science below). Here we show the ones about aging. See them all ↗
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The science
Counted from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov on Oct 30, 2026, using one search for Knowing and controlling your blood pressure in relation to aging. Each link opens the exact search.
- Randomized trials in people
- 1,596 search ↗
- Large trials (multicenter or phase 3)
- 610 search ↗
- Phase 3 trials
- 30 search ↗
- Trials in people
- 1,881 search ↗
- Studies that watched people over time
- 2,853 search ↗
- Animal and lab studies
- 27 search ↗
- Registered trials
- 732 search ↗
PubMed search used
("blood pressure control"[tiab] OR "blood pressure lowering"[tiab] OR "intensive blood pressure"[tiab] OR "hypertension control"[tiab] OR "blood pressure screening"[tiab]) AND (aging[tiab] OR ageing[tiab] OR longevity[tiab] OR healthspan[tiab] OR "older adults"[tiab] OR "older people"[tiab] OR elderly[tiab] OR "Aged"[mh])
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