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Tables and Figures

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QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 20--64 Years with Hypertension Whose Condition Was Undiagnosed,* by Health Insurance Status† and Age Group --- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 2005—2008. MMWR Weekly May 27, 2011 / 60(20);671
QuickStats: Percentage Distribution* of Blood Pressure Categories Among Adults Aged >18 Years, by Race/Ethnicity --- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 1999--2004 MMWR Weekly. June 22, 2007 / 56(24);611
QuickStats: Prevalence of Antihypertensive Medication Use During the Preceding Month Among Persons with Hypertension Aged >18 Years, by Race/Ethnicity --- United States, 1988--1994 and 1999--2002. MMWR Weekly. May 26, 2006 / 55(20);569
QuickStats: Percentage* of Persons Aged >20 Years with Hypertension, by Race/Ethnicity --- United States, 1999--2002. MMWR Weekly. August 26, 2005 / 54(33);826.

Government Publications

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Mean Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure in Adults Aged 18 and Over in the United States, 2001–2008 Wright JD, Hughes JP, Ostchega Y, Yoon SS, Nwankwo TNational Health Statistics Reports; no 35. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2011.
Vital Signs: Prevalence, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension --- United States, 1999-2002 and 2005-2008. Gillespie C, Kuklina EV, Briss PA, Blair NA, Hong YMMWR Weekly February 4, 2011/ 60(04);103-108
Health insurance affects diagnosis and control of hypercholesterolemia and hypertension among adults aged 20-64: United States, 2005-2008. Schober SE, Makuc DM, Zhang C, Kennedy-Stephenson J, Burt V. NCHS data brief, no 57. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2011.
Hypertension, High Serum Total Cholesterol, and Diabetes: Racial and Ethnic Prevalence Differences in U.S. Adults, 1999-2006 Fryar CD, Hirsch R, Eberhardt MS, Yoon SS, Wright JDData Brief No. 36. National Center for Health Statistics. April 2010
Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control-Continued Disparities in Adults: United States, 2005-2006. Ostchega Y, Yoon SS, Hughes J, Louis TData Brief No. 3. National Center for Health Statistics. January 2008.
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Prevalence, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension --- United States, 1999--2002. Glover MJ, Greenlund KJ, Ayala C, Croft JB.MMWR Weekly. January 14, 2005 / 54(01);7-9.
Recent Trends in the Prevalence of High Blood Pressure and its Treatment and Control, 1999-2008. Yoon SS, Ostchega Y, Louis T. NCHS Data Brief No. 48, October 2010.

Journal Articles - authored or reviewed by NCHS staff

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Prevalence and correlates of metabolic syndrome based on a harmonious definition among adults in the US.Ford ES, Li C, Zhao GJ Diabetes. 2010 Sep;2(3):180-93.
Independent associations of serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone with blood pressure among US adults. Zhao G, Ford ES, Li C, Kris-Etherton PM, Etherton TD, Balluz LS. J Hypertens. 2010 Sep;28(9):1821-8.
Prevalence of coronary heart disease risk factors and screening for high cholesterol levels among young adults, United States, 1999-2006. Kuklina EV, Yoon PW, Keenan NL. Ann Fam Med. 2010 Jul-Aug;8(4):327-33.
The impact of differences in methodology and population characteristics on the prevalence of hypertension in US adults in 1976-1980 and 1999-2002Wright JD, Stevens J, Poole C, Flegal KM, Suchindran CAm J Hypertens. 2010 Jun;23(6):620-6
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in persons with undiagnosed or prehypertension in the United StatesCrews DC, Plantinga LC, Miller ER 3rd, Saran R, Hedgeman E, Saydah SH, Williams DE, Powe NRHypertension. 2010 May;55(5):1102-9
Association of Hypertension Treatment and Control with All-cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality among US Adults with Hypertension. Gu Q, Dillon CF, Burt VL, Gillum RF. Am J Hypertens 2010 Jan; 23(1):38-45.
Trends of elevated blood pressure among children and adolescents: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988-2006.Ostchega Y, Carroll M, Prineas RJ, McDowell MA, Louis T, Tilert T. Am J Hypertens. 2009 Jan;22(1):59-67. Epub 2008 Nov 27.
Gender differences in hypertension treatment, drug utilization patterns, and blood pressure control among US adults with hypertension: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004.Gu Q, Burt VL, Paulose-Ram R, Dillon CFAm J Hypertension. 2008 Jul;21(7):789-98.
Are demographic characteristics, health care access and utilization, and comorbid conditions associated with hypertension among US adults? Ostchega Y, Hughes JP, Wright JD, McDowell MA, Louis T.American Journal of Hypertension 2008 Feb; 21(2):159-165.
Trends in hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in older US adults: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988 to 2004.Ostchega Y, Dillon CF, Hughes JP, Carroll M, Yoon S. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007 Jul;55(7):1056-1065.

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