Reasons for Uncontrolled Blood Pressure Among US Adults: Data From the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Hypertension. 2021 Nov;78(5):1567-1576. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17590. Epub 2021 Oct 13.

Authors

Swati Sakhuja¹, Calvin L Colvin¹, Oluwasegun P Akinyelure¹, Byron C Jaeger², Kathryn Foti³, Suzanne Oparil⁴, Shakia T Hardy¹, Paul Muntner¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology (S.S., C.L.C., O.P.A., S.T.H., P.M.), University of Alabama at Birmingham.
² Department of Biostatistics (B.C.J.), University of Alabama at Birmingham.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (K.F.).
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine (S.O.), University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Abstract

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Keywords: adults; blood pressure; cardiovascular disease; hypertension; prevalence.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Health Services Accessibility
Health Surveys
Heart Disease Risk Factors
Humans
Hypertension / drug therapy*
Hypertension / physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Nutrition Surveys
Young Adult

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