Open Access Review Article Mercado-Asis LB | Volume 3, Issue 2 (2022) | JCMR-3(2)-059 | Review Article Citation: Mercado-Asis LB, et al. Prevalence of Hypertension in the Philippines in the Year 2050: Confronting a Major Challenge. Jour Clin Med Res. 2022;3(2):1-13. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46889/JCMR.2022.3205 Prevalence of Hypertension in the Philippines in the Year 2050: Confronting a Major Challenge Leilani B Mercado-Asis 1,13,14* , Alberto A Atilano 2,14 , Deborah Ignacia D Ona 3,14,15 , Dolores D Bonzon 4,14 , Gilbert A Vilela 5,14 , Carlos L Chua 6,14 , Alejandro F Diaz 7,14 , Benjamin A Balmores Jr 8,14 , Esperanza I Cabral 9,14 , Abdias V Aquino 10,14 , Dante D Morales 11,14 , Nelson S Abelardo 11,14 , Lyn A Gomez 12,14 , Raymond V Oliva 3,14 , Rafael R Castillo 11,13,14 1 Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Toma, Manila, Philippines 2 Department of Adult Cardiology, University of Santo Toma, Manila, Philippines 3 Division of Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines 4 Department of Physiology, University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines 5 Department of Adult Cardiology, Philippine Heart Center, Quezon City, Philippines 6 Section of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Manila Doctors Hospital, Manila, Philippines 7 Section of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Medicine, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines 8 Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines 9 Department of Adult Cardiology, Makati Medical Center, Makati City, Philippines 10 Department of Neurology, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines 11 Department of Adult Cardiology, Manila Doctors Hospital, Manila, Philippines 12 Department of Nephrology, Asian Hospital and Medical Center, Metro Manila, Philippines 13 Cardio-Metabolic Research Unit (CaMeRU), FAME Leaders Academy, Makati City, Philippines 14 Philippine Society of Hypertension, Philippines 15 Department of Medicine, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines * Corresponding Author: Prof. Leilani B. Mercado-Asis, MD, PhD, MPH, MEd (DE), Address: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines; Email: lmasis@ust.edu.ph; medicalfiles.inquirer@gmail.com Received Date: 18-07-2022; Accepted Date: 06-08-2022; Published Date: 13-08-2022 Copyright © 2022 by Mercado-Asis LB, et al. All rights reserved under CC BY-NC-ND. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which provides freedom to read, share, copy and redistribution of material in any of the medium, provided with the original author and source are credited. Abstract Background: The prevalence of hypertension in the Philippines has continuously increased in the past 22 years or more than two decades (from 1993 to 2015), with increased related deaths due to ischemic heart disease, stroke and chronic kidney disease.