Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Publication Title

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Publisher

Wiley Periodicals, LLC

Publication Date

11-4-2013

First Page

77

Last Page

78

Issue Number

1

Volume Number

16

Abstract/ Summary

The recent commentary on high rates of uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) and opportunities for health care providers in this Journal prompted an examination of treated but uncontrolled BP in relation to pulse wave velocity (PWV) in the Maine Syracuse Longitudinal Study (MSLS). Cohen and Townsend noted that a Center for Disease Control analysis2 of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data (2003–2010) indicated that the presence of uncontrolled hypertension (≥140 mm Hg systolic and ≥90 mm Hg diastolic) in US adults was 53.5%. They further noted that approximately 45% of these individuals with uncontrolled hypertension were aware of their hypertension and were receiving treatment.

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Elias MF, Sullivan K, Dore GA, Robbins MA. High rates of uncontrolled blood pressure: pulse wave velocity and future opportunities. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014 Jan;16(1):77-8. doi: 10.1111/jch.12226. Epub 2013 Nov 4. PMID: 24182327; PMCID: PMC8031735.

DOI

10.1111/jch.12226

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