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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012 May 1;5(3):343–351. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.963439

Table 5.

Crude and age-adjusted hypertension control among hypertensives: NHANES 2005-2008 (n=5,744)

Hypertension Control Crude % (SE*) Age-adjusted with 4 age groups (HTN subpopulation) %(SE) Age-adjusted with 5 age groups(HTN subpopulation) %(SE)§ Age-adjusted with 5 age groups (HTN subpopulation) %(SE) Age-adjusted with 5 age groups(2000 US Standard) %(SE)#
Recommended Definition for HTN** 46.0 (1.12) 45.9 (1.08) 46.1 (1.06) 45.9 (1.06) 43.8 (1.48)
RD†† including individuals who have ever been told‡‡ 54.4 (1.00) 53.6 (0.96) 53.6 (1.03) 53.6 (0.97) 57.6 (1.07)
RD including individuals who have been told twice§§ 51.2 (1.15) 51.0 (1.09) 51.1 (1.13) 50.9.8 (1.09) 53.0 (1.30)
RD excluding first BP measurement∥∥ 47.3 (1.13) 47.2 (1.07) 47.3 (1.06) 47.2 (1.06) 41.9 (1.96)
*

SE = Standard error

HTN = Hypertension

Age-adjusted HTN control rates were calculated using the subpopulation of persons who have high blood pressure(age groups of 18-39, 40-59, 60-74 and 75+ years)

§

Age-adjusted HTN control rates were calculated using the subpopulation of persons who have high blood pressure(age groups of 18-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65+ years): Healthy US (20yrs +)

Age-adjusted HTN control rates were calculated using the subpopulation of persons who have high blood pressure(age groups of 18-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+ years)

#

Age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (age groups of 18-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+ years):Healthy People 2020

**

Recommended Definition for hypertension = Systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥ 90 mmHg or taking antihypertensive medication, averaging all blood pressure measurements

††

RD = Recommended definition

‡‡

Defined as SBP ≥ 140 mmHg or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg or taking medication or ever been told that they have hypertension

§§

Defined as SBP ≥ 140 mmHg or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg or taking medication or told two or more times that they have hypertension

∥∥

Excluding first blood pressure measurement, if there were two measurements exclude the first measurement and if there were all three measurements average the second and third measurement.