Lifetime Risks for Hypertension by Contemporary Guidelines in African American and White Men and Women.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patterns of hypertension risk development over the adult lifespan and lifetime risks for hypertension under the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) 2017 thresholds for hypertension (≥130/80 mm Hg) are unknown.

Objective

To quantify and compare lifetime risks for hypertension in white and African American men and women under the AHA/ACC 2017 and the Seventh Joint National Commission (JNC7) hypertension thresholds.

Design, setting, and participants

We used individual-level pooled data from 3 contemporary cohorts in the Cardiovascular Lifetime Risk Pooling Project: the Framingham Offspring Study, the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study, and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. These community-based c

SUBMITTER: Chen V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537805 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature