Fig. 1

Initial planning of hypertension management according to the blood pressure level. If a patient presents following a referral for BP elevation through routine or specific health checkup, confirm persistent elevation and proceed according to the flowchart. *1: Structured lifestyle modification involves shared decision-making to establish treatment goals (e.g., blood pressure targets) and implement comprehensive lifestyle-based management accordingly. *2: If hypertension has been previously diagnosed and lifestyle modification advised, pharmacologic therapy may be initiated at the first visit. BP blood pressure. Translated and adapted from ref. [2]