This report evaluates 10-year trends in high blood pressure prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control using NHANES data from 1999-2008.
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Offers historical benchmarks for hypertension metrics through 2008; leaves open whether control has improved with later guidelines and therapies.
High blood pressure is one of the most common risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke (1). This report evaluates the overall trends in age-adjusted high blood pressure prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control using the most recent 10 year NHANES data. It also examines these age-adjusted rates for hypertension by sex, age, and race and ethnicity.
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