If we Set an SBP Target of 120 mm Hg instead of 140 mm Hg for a Patient with Diabetes and at High-Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, will it Offer Any Additional Benefit?

The coexistence of hypertension and diabetes can be devastating to the cardiovascular system and maintaining healthy blood pressure levels and blood sugar levels are important ways to reduce the risk of damage to the important organs of the body [1]. Much research has been done to see whether lower BP targets for people with diabetes would help reduce metabolic complications and deaths. However, the target BP levels are not well established and have remained a controversial matter. The Framingham data contradict the concept that lower BP imply lower risk and the idea that 140 mm Hg is a useful cut-off value for hypertension for all adults. It suggests recommends an age and gender dependent threshold for hypertension [2].