Special Populations  Minorities  Blacks have an increased rate of conversion from pre-hypertension to hypertension Median age-adjusted conversion time when 50% of patients converted from pre-hypertension to hypertension was ≈2.7 years in whites and ≈1.7 years in blacks  Over age 80  Significant benefits from treatment  May be more sensitive to medication side effects or drug interactions due to an increased number of medications taken Selassie A, et al.
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