BACKGROUND: Recent guidelines and clinical trial results emphasize the importance of controlling blood pressure among @entity1 with @entity6 . We estimated the prevalence of elevated blood pressure among U.S. adults with diagnosed @entity6 , and examined the extent to which elevated blood pressure is being treated and controlled. METHODS: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994), a probability survey of the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States, consisted of an interview and physical examination, which included blood pressure measurement. Survey @entity1 included 1507 adults (aged > or = 18 years) with self-reported @entity6 . Among @entity1 with self-reported @entity6 , we estimated elevated blood pressure (mean blood pressure of > or = 130/85 mm Hg or use of antihypertensive medication); awareness (prior diagnosis of @entity101 ); treatment (antihypertensive medication use); and control (mean blood pressure of <130/85 or <140/90). RESULTS: In the 1988-1994 period, 71% (95% confidence interval [CI]=+/-4.4%) of all U.S. adults with @entity6 had elevated blood pressure. The prevalence of elevated blood pressure increased with age and was high among both @entity1 and @entity1 and among Mexican Americans, @entity7864 , and non-Hispanic whites. Among those with elevated blood pressure, 71% (95% CI=+/-4.1%) were aware and 57% (95% CI=+/-4.2%) were treated, but only 12% (95% CI=+/-3.2%) had mean blood pressure <130/85 and 45% (95% CI=+/-4.9%) had mean blood pressure <140/90. Control of blood pressure was least common among older @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: All @entity1 with @entity6 -regardless of age, gender, and race and ethnicity-may benefit from efforts to prevent @entity101 . The control of elevated blood pressure is inadequate and broad-based efforts are needed to improve blood pressure control.

Elevated blood pressure among U.S. adults with XXXX , 1988-1994.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'people', 'men'] @entity7864 :: ('MESH:D055008', 'Disease') :: ['non-Hispanic blacks'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes']
@entity6 :: (MESH:D003920,Disease) :: ['diabetes']
