Jeffrey A. Cutler|Paul D. Sorlie|Michael Wolz|Thomas Thom|Larry E. Fields|Edward J. Roccella
Trends in Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control Rates in United States Adults Between 1988–1994 and 1999–2004
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|National Institutes of Health|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|National Institutes of Health|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|National Institutes of Health|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|National Institutes of Health|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|National Institutes of Health|National Heart Lung and Blood Institute|National Institutes of Health
study assesses trends hypertension prevalence blood pressure distributions mean levels hypertension awareness treatment control among us adults age or18 years third national health nutrition examination survey 19881994 19992004 national health nutrition examination survey period approximately 10 years agestandardized prevalence rate increased 244 289 p0001 largest increases among nonhispanic women depending gender raceethnicity one fifth four fifths increase could accounted increasing body mass index among hypertensive persons modest increases awareness p004 685 718 rate men increased 616 693 p0001 whereas rate women change significantly rates remained higher women men although difference narrowed considerably improvements treatment control rates larger 531 614 261 351 respectively p0001 greatest increases occurred among nonhispanic white men nonhispanic black persons especially men mexican american persons showed improvement treatment control rates rates remained lowest among raceethnic subgroups 474 243 respectively among raceethnic groups women continued somewhat better awareness treatment control except control rates among nonhispanic white persons became higher men differences nonhispanic black white persons awareness treatment control small divergent trends may translate disparate trends cardiovascular disease morbidity mortality