Prevalence of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk According to Blood Pressure Thresholds Used for Diagnosis.
Prevalence of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk According to Blood Pressure Thresholds Used for Diagnosis.
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10.1161/hypertensionaha.118.11609
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2018-09
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de Boer IH
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Lamprea-Montealegre JA;Zelnick LR;Hall YN;Bansal N;de Boer IH
We sought to estimate the prevalence of hypertension and characteristics of hypertensive adults in the United States according to blood pressure thresholds used for diagnosis and estimate their associated CVD risk. Analyses included adults 20 years of age or older in the 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (N=5,389), and enrolled participants in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) (N=9,361) and the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes-BP Trial (ACCORD-BP) (N=4,733) trials. In NHANES, prevalence estimates incorporated the probability of observing elevated blood pressure on two separate occasions. Using the new BP thresholds of 130/80 mm Hg or greater, approximately 24 million new American adults would be diagnosed as having hypertension and 4.3 million would be recommended to start antihypertensive medications. These individuals would have a lower mean atherosclerotic CVD risk (17%) than participants in SPRINT and ACCORD-BP (22% and 27%) and would be less likely to have prevalent cardiovascular disease (9% versus 17% and 34%). In SPRINT and ACCORD-BP, only a minority (9% and 13%) of participants were not on antihypertensive medications at baseline, and, rates of incident CVD in these participants were substantially lower compared to those on baseline BP medications. We conclude that adopting the ACC/AHA guidelines would lead to a substantial increase in the prevalence of hypertension and in the number of American adults recommended to start antihypertensive medications. These individuals would have a substantially lower cardiovascular risk than most participants previously studied in two large BP trials.