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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2018 Sep;72(3):602–609. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.11609

Figure 1. Prevalence of hypertension in US adults with traditional and new criteria for diagnosis by age and clinical characteristics.

Figure 1

Traditional criteria for hypertension diagnosis: SBP ≥140 mmHg, DBP≥90 mm Hg, and/or current use of antihypertensive medication. New criteria for hypertension diagnosis: SBP≥130 mmHg, DBP≥80 mm Hg, and/or current use of antihypertensive medication

Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals