Trends in Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Older U.S. Adults: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988 to 2004

• Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Vol. 55; no. 7; pp. 1056 - 1065
• Main Authors: Ostchega, Yechiam, Dillon, Charles F., Hughes, Jeffery P., Carroll, Margaret, Yoon, Sarah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.07.2007; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: African Americans; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension; Awareness; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Blood Pressure - physiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Confidence Intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Epidemiology; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gender differences; General aspects; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - drug therapy; Hypertension - ethnology; Hypertension - physiopathology; JNC 7; Male; Medical sciences; Medical treatment; Mexican Americans; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; NHANES; Older people; Population Surveillance - methods; Prevalence; prevention and control; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Racial differences; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; therapy; Trends; United States - epidemiology; United States; Medical data; Prevalence; Awareness; Cardiovascular disease; Public inquiry; Epidemiology; Regulation(control); 2004; Adult; Age; Public health; Human; Hypertension; JNC 7; Nutrition; therapy; Trend; aged; Feeding; Health status; Treatment; Surveillance; NHANES; prevention and control; Elderly

OBJECTIVES: To describe hypertension trends in U.S. adults aged 60 and older using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data. SETTING: NHANES III (1988–1994) and NHANES 1999 to 2004. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional nationally representative health examination survey. PARTICIPANTS: Parti...