Trends in All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Noncardiovascular Mortality Among US Adults With Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Death certificate data indicate that hypertension may have increased as a contributing cause of death among US adults. Hypertension is not commonly recorded on death certificates although it contributes to a substantial proportion of cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths.

Methods

We estimated changes in all-cause, CVD, and non-CVD mortality over 5 years of follow-up among 4 cohorts of US adults with hypertension using mortality follow-up data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III in 1988 to 1994, and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey cycles from 1999 to 2000 through 2015 to 2016 (n=20 927). Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, or antihypertensive medication use. Partici

SUBMITTER: Choi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11135245 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature