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. 2021 Dec;78(6):1719-1726.
doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17570. Epub 2021 Aug 9.

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in the United States, 2013 to 2018

Rahul Aggarwal  1   2 , Nicholas Chiu  1   2 , Rishi K Wadhera  1   2 , Andrew E Moran  3 , Inbar Raber  1   2 , Changyu Shen  2 , Robert W Yeh  2 , Dhruv S Kazi  2
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in the United States, 2013 to 2018

Rahul Aggarwal et al. Hypertension. 2021 Dec.

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Keywords: United States; adults; blood pressure; health equity; prevalence.

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Figure 1.. Blood Pressure Control Cascade in the United States by Race & Sex
In the primary analyses, hypertension prevalence was defined as a systolic blood pressure (BP) of 140 mm Hg or greater, a diastolic BP of 90 mm Hg or greater, or an individual taking an antihypertensive. Hypertension awareness and treatment were based on self-report. Hypertension control was defined as having a systolic and diastolic BP below the diagnostic threshold. All estimates were for non-pregnant US adults age 18 years or older in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013–2018). Estimates were age-adjusted to the 2018 US census. Race/ethnicity and sex were determined by self-report. A) Hypertension Prevalence B) Hypertension Awareness C) Hypertension Treatment D) Hypertension Control
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