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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2020 Mar 9;75(4):973–981. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.14360

Table 3.

Proportion of US adults with uncontrolled blood pressure (SBP ≥140 mmHg or DBP ≥90 mmHg) taking antihypertensive medication regimens in 2005–2008, 2009–2012, 2013–2016.

Number and specific antihypertensive
combinations
Calendar Year
2005–2008 2009–2012 2013–2016 P-Trend
(n=759) (n=964) (n=976)
One Medication Class 39.3 (34.0,45.0) 42.6 (37.7,47.7) 40.2 (36.3,44.2) 0.87
 ACEI or ARB 18.2 (14.3,22.8) 19.7 (15.7,24.4) 20.9 (17.9,24.2) 0.28
 BB 8.0 (6.1,10.4) 10.7 (8.0,14.2) 7.1 (5.4,9.2) 0.38
 Diuretic 6.5 (4.5,9.4) 4.7 (2.9,7.6) 4.9 (3.4,7.0) 0.35
 CCB 5.2 (3.2,8.3) 6.1 (4.4,8.4) 6.2 (4.6,8.2) 0.52
Two Medication Classes, Any Combination 34.4 (30.8,38.3) 32.2 (28.6,36.1) 35.1 (32.3,38.0) 0.69
 ACEI or ARB+Diuretic 9.9 (7.7,12.6) 8.8 (6.8,11.2) 12.8 (10.0,16.3) 0.11
 ACEI or ARB+BB 6.3 (4.3,9.1) 5.9 (4.2,8.2) 5.9 (4.0,8.7) 0.87
 ACEI or ARB+CCB 5.6 (3.5,8.8) 5.8 (4.4,7.6) 6.9 (5.0,9.6) 0.48
 BB+Diuretic 6.3 (4.3,9.2) 6.0 (4.1,8.7) 3.8 (2.4,6.0) 0.07
 CCB+Diuretic 2.1 (1.2,3.5) 1.6 (0.9,2.8) 2.0 (1.3,3.2) 1.00
 BB+CCB 1.9 (1.1,3.3) 1.2 (0.6,2.3) 2.8 (1.7,4.5) 0.26
Three Medication Classes, Any Combination 20.0 (16.3,24.4) 19.7 (16.3,23.5) 19.4 (16.0,23.2) 0.80
 ACEI or ARB+BB+Diuretic 7.9 (5.9,10.4) 9.0 (6.5,12.2) 5.6 (4.1,7.5) 0.05
 ACEI or ARB+CCB+Diuretic 5.4 (3.6,8.0) 2.6 (1.8,3.8) 5.1 (3.0,8.5) 0.97
 ACEI or ARB+BB+CCB 3.0 (1.9,4.9) 4.4 (2.8,6.8) 5.3 (3.7,7.4) 0.09
 BB+CCB+Diuretic 1.4 (0.7,2.7) 1.0 (0.5,2.1) 0.8 (0.4,1.5) 0.18
Four Medication Classes, Any Combination 4.9 (3.3,7.1) 4.5 (2.8,7.0) 5.1 (3.5,7.4) 0.84
 ACEI or ARB+BB+CCB+Diuretic 3.1 (0.1,1.2) 3.3 (0.0,0.5) 3.2 (0.0,0.6) 1.00
Five or More Medication Classes, Any Combination 1.4 (0.7,2.7) 1.1 (0.5,2.5) 0.3 (0.1,1.3) 0.04

Numbers in table are column percentage (95% confidence interval).

ACEI=angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB=angiotensin-II receptor blocker; BB=beta-blocker; CCB=calcium channel blocker