Table 5.
Percentage of US adults taking antihypertensive medication with blood pressure above the 2017 ACC/AHA guideline and the JNC7 guideline treatment goal based on the 2011–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
| Blood pressure above goal according to: | 2017 ACC/AHA but not the JNC guideline | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ACC/AHA guideline | JNC7 guideline | ||
| Overall† | 53.4 (49.9, 56.8) | 39.0 (36.4, 41.6) | 14.4 (12.4, 16.5) |
| Age group | |||
| 20–44 | 46.3 (38.6, 54.3) | 23.2 (17.5, 30.0) | 23.1 (17.7, 29.7) |
| 45–54 | 46.0 (38.6, 53.5) | 29.5 (24.2, 35.5) | 16.4 (12.6, 21.2) |
| 55–64 | 50.5 (44.9, 56.0) | 33.1 (27.9, 38.6) | 17.4 (13.2, 22.6) |
| 65–74 | 54.4 (48.6, 60.1) | 43.4 (38.5, 48.4) | 11.0 (13.2, 22.6) |
| 75+ | 67.2 (61.4, 72.4) | 60.1 (54.1, 65.7) | 7.1 (5.1, 9.8) |
| Men | 51.8 (47.9, 55.7) | 37.5 (34.5, 40.6) | 14.3 (11.8, 17.2) |
| Women | 54.7 (50.1, 59.2) | 40.3 (36.6, 44.0) | 14.4 (11.9, 17.3) |
| Race-ethnicity† | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 50.6 (46.6, 54.6) | 36.4 (33.3, 39.5) | 14.2 (11.7, 17.2) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 63.0 (58.4, 67.4) | 48.6 (44.2, 53.1) | 14.4 (12.2, 16.9) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 62.9 (53.6, 71.3) | 47.1 (39.0, 55.4) | 15.8 (12.0, 20.5) |
| Hispanic | 56.0 (50.7, 61.1) | 41.7 (36.4, 47.1) | 14.3 (11.6, 17.5) |
| Number of antihypertensive classes | |||
| 0 | 54.7 (38.3, 70.2) | 44.3 (28.2, 61.7) | 10.5 (3.0, 30.6) |
| 1 | 57.5 (52.9, 61.9) | 38.5 (35.0, 42.1) | 19.0 (16.1, 22.3) |
| 2 | 47.7 (41.4, 54.0) | 35.3 (30.0, 41.0) | 12.4 (9.6, 15.7) |
| 3 | 56.1 (47.8, 64.0) | 44.3 (37.3, 51.6) | 11.8 (8.0, 17.0) |
| ≥ 4 | 55.3 (47.8, 62.4) | 45.9 (39.4, 52.6) | 9.3 (5.6, 15.1) |
Numbers in table are percentage of US adults (95% confidence interval)
2017 ACC/AHA guideline - 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults.
JNC7 guideline - Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
See Table 1 for the definition of blood pressure treatment goals in the JNC7 and 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines.
SBP – systolic blood pressure; DBP – diastolic blood pressure; CVD – cardiovascular disease.