Table 3.

Relative Likelihood of Blood Pressure Control and Improvement by Race and Ethnicity

Race and ethnicity	Metric result, %			Odds ratio (95% CI)
	2017	2018	2019	Unadjusted*	Adjusted for age and sex
Metric 1, blood pressure control, <140/<90 mm Hg, % of patients
Asian, not Hispanic	64.2%	65.4%	65.6%	1.17 (1.07–1.27)	1.16 (1.07–1.26)
Black, not Hispanic	54.2%	55.4%	56.5%	0.80 (0.66–0.96)	0.79 (0.66–0.94)
White, not Hispanic	60.5%	61.3%	62.0%	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)
Hispanic, any race	61.5%	62.6%	62.8%	1.03 (0.86–1.25)	1.02 (0.86–1.22)
Other/multiple/missing	59.6%	59.3%	60.1%	0.93 (0.84–1.02)	0.92 (0.84–1.01)
P value †				<0.0001	<0.0001
Metric 2, blood pressure control to 2017 Hypertension Clinical Practice Guidelines goal, <130/<80 mm Hg, % of patients
Asian, not Hispanic	32.4%	33.6%	33.6%	1.10 (1.04–1.17)	1.13 (1.06–1.20)
Black, not Hispanic	24.0%	24.7%	25.0%	0.73 (0.66–0.81)	0.77 (0.69–0.85)
White, not Hispanic	30.4%	31.1%	31.4%	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)
Hispanic, any race	29.9%	30.9%	31.1%	0.99 (0.87–1.11)	1.05 (0.94–1.17)
Other/multiple/missing	29.0%	28.3%	28.9%	0.89 (0.84–0.94)	0.93 (0.88–0.98)
P value *				<0.0001	<0.0001
Metric 3, improvement in blood pressure, % of patients
Asian, not Hispanic	29.8%	30.1%	30.9%	1.04 (0.91–1.19)	1.03 (0.92–1.15)
Black, not Hispanic	28.6%	28.9%	29.4%	0.97 (0.90–1.04)	1.00 (0.94–1.07)
White, not Hispanic	29.2%	29.6%	30.1%	1 (Ref)	1 (Ref)
Hispanic, any race	30.1%	30.5%	29.2%	0.96 (0.85–1.08)	1.00 (0.91–1.11)
Other/multiple/missing	22.4%	25.1%	25.5%	0.80 (0.72–0.88)	0.83 (0.75–0.92)
P value *				<0.0001	<0.0001

Ref indicates reference.

^*All results account for clustering by health system. Regression results are limited to the final measurement period (calendar year 2019).

^† P values represent an omnibus test of the contribution of race and ethnicity to the model.