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Objective: To determine the types of presentation of blood pressure figures in elderly hypertensive patients, in the Health, Welfare and Aging survey (SABE) in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study. Secondary analysis of the group of elderly participants in the multicenter SABE study, who underwent blood pressure measurements. Results: A total of 1018 women and 805 men were included, with an average age of 71 ± 8.2 years. The types of arterial hypertension (HA) present were: isolated systolic hypertension (35.7%), isolated diastolic hypertension (32%), and systolic-diastolic hypertension (32.3%). There was no relationship in the distribution of HA with height above sea level. In older adults with diabetes, mean arterial pressure (PAM) was higher. Discussion: We found that all three types of hypertension maintain balanced percentages of almost one third each, lack of early detection of isolated diastolic hypertension.