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Americans' Blood Pressure Under Control
"Hypertension is a prevalent condition affecting approximately 65 million individuals in the United States based on a preliminary report from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2006 and coincident U.S. population estimates. Given the prevalence and impact of hypertension on health outcomes and disparities, several national initiatives developed programs, guidelines, and policies to facilitate hypertension prevention, detection/awareness, treatment, and control," according to background information in the article. Hypertension control (defined as systolic blood pressure [BP] values of less than 140 mm Hg and diastolic BP values of less than 90 mm Hg) increased from 10 percent in NHANES II (1976-1980) to 31 percent in 1999-2000. The Healthy People 2010 goal was to achieve BP control in 50 percent of the U.S. population.
Brent M. Egan, M.D., of the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, and colleagues examined changes in hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control for all adults combined and for subsets by age, race/ ethnicity, and sex across NHANES 1988-1994 and 1999-2008 in five 2-year blocks, which included 42,856 adults older than 18 years, representing a sample of the U.S. population. Hypertension was defined as systolic BP of at least 140 mm Hg and diastolic BP of at least 90 mm Hg, self-reported use of antihypertensive medications, or both.
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