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. 2015 Oct 27;4(10):e002276. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002276

Table 5.

Proportion of African American and White NHANES Participants Aged 45 to 64 Years With Blood Pressure Above JNC 8 Goal Before and After Targeted Interventions Improving Unaware, Untreated, and Uncontrolled Blood Pressure by 10%, 2009–2012

Race Proportion of Participants With Blood Pressure Above Goal
Before Intervention After 10% Reduction in Proportion of Unaware Blood Pressure Above Goal After 10% Reduction in Proportion of Untreated Blood Pressure Above Goal After 10% Reduction in Proportion of Uncontrolled Blood Pressure Above Goal
African Americans 26.36 25.84 25.78 24.82
Whites 11.88 11.41 11.71 11.33

JNC indicates Joint National Committee; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.