Factors Associated With Hypertension Control in the General Population of the United States
Open Access
- 13 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 162 (9) , 1051-1058
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.162.9.1051
Abstract
HYPERTENSION IS an important public health challenge in the United States. As many as 50 million Americans have hypertension, defined as a systolic blood pressure (BP) of 140 mm Hg or more and/or diastolic BP of 90 mm Hg or more and/or taking antihypertensive medication.1 More than $26.1 billion is spent annually for medications, office visits, and laboratory tests related to treatment of hypertension in the United States.2 Observational epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that hypertension is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (the leading cause of death in the United States), stroke (the third leading cause of death), congestive heart failure, end-stage renal disease, and peripheral vascular disease.3-6 Clinical trials have shown that lowering BP reduces the incidence of and mortality from cardiovascular disease.7,8This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: