Table 3:

Blood pressure and clinical associations

Clinical AssociationBlood Pressure at Toxicity*
Normal (No. pts)Slight Elevation (No. pts)Severe Hypertension (No. pts)
Transplant, cyclosporine/FK-506181430
Infection/sepsis/shock1716
Autoimmune39
Chemotherapy113
Eclampsia6110
Unknown16
Total451774
  • Note:

  • * Normal indicates a mean arterial pressure [MAP] ≤ 105 mm Hg; slight elevation, MAP 106–115 mm Hg; severe hypertension, MAP ≥ 116 mm Hg; No. pts, number of patients.