Figure 2. Proportion of patients enrolled in the PINNACLE (Practice Innovation and Clinical Excellence) Registry, seeking care in cardiology practices between January 2013 and December 2016 and meeting criteria for the definition of hypertension, recommendations for antihypertensive therapies, and targets for blood pressure based on American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines, 2014 expert panel report, and Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC7).

Compared with the 2014 expert panel report and JNC7, a higher proportion of patients are diagnosed with hypertension and meet recommendations for antihypertensive therapy. Moreover, as the blood pressure (BP) treatment goals set by the ACC/AHA guidelines are more intensive, a higher proportion of adults will not meet BP goals.