Hypertension Control in the United States 2009 to 2018: Factors Underlying Falling Control Rates During 2015 to 2018 Across Age- and Race-Ethnicity Groups

Hypertension. 2021 Sep;78(3):578-587. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16418. Epub 2021 Jun 14.

Authors

Brent M Egan¹, Jiexiang Li², Susan E Sutherland¹, Michael K Rakotz³, Gregory D Wozniak³

Affiliations

¹ American Medical Association, Improving Health Outcomes, Greenville, SC (B.M.E., S.E.S.).
² Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston, SC (J.L.).
³ American Medical Association, Improving Health Outcomes, Chicago, IL (M.K.R., G.D.W.).

PMID: 34120453
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16418

Abstract

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Keywords: age; awareness; control; hypertension; treatment.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use*
Black or African American
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Humans
Hypertension / drug therapy*
Hypertension / physiopathology
Middle Aged
United States
White People
Young Adult

Substances

Antihypertensive Agents