Research Article

Untreated Isolated Sytolic Hypertension among Middle-Aged and Old Adults in the United States: Trends in the Prevalence by Demographic Factors During 1999–2010

Table 3

Prevalence and changes of untreated isolated systolic hypertension stratified by characteristics in NHANES 1999–2010, USA.

CharacteristicsStratified prevalence (95% CI)
Overall, %NHANES 1999–2004, %NHANES 2005–2010, %

Stratified by gender and race
Male
 Hispanic12.9 (10.5, 15.3)12.8 (8.7, 17.0)12.9 (10.3, 15.5)
 Non-Hispanic white13.0 (11.7, 14.4)13.6 (11.5, 15.6)12.4 (10.6, 14.3)
 Non-Hispanic black18.0 (16.0, 19.9)20.6 (18.3, 23.0)15.7 (12.7, 18.8)
 Other races9.2 (4.9, 13.4)8.5 (1.2, 15.8)9.5 (4.2, 14.8)
Female
 Hispanic21.6 (17.8, 25.3)23.4 (17.9, 28.9)19.1 (15.0, 23.3)
 Non-Hispanic white15.8 (14.5, 17.0)18.6 (16.7, 20.6)12.8 (11.1, 14.5)*
 Non-Hispanic black22.7 (19.2, 26.3)22.7 (18.5, 26.9)22.4 (16.0, 28.7)
 Other races18.5 (12.2, 24.7)20.8 (10.6, 31.0)15.8 (8.3, 23.3)

Stratified by gender and education
Male
 High school or below15.1 (13.6, 16.6)15.2 (12.7, 17.7)14.9 (13.1, 16.7)
 College or above11.8 (10.4, 13.2)12.7 (10.8, 14.6)10.9 (8.9, 13.0)
Female
 High school or below19.6 (17.9, 21.3)21.8 (19.2, 24.3)16.9 (14.7, 19.2)*
 College or above14.4 (12.5, 16.2)17.2 (14.4, 20.0)11.9 (9.5, 14.3)

Stratified by education and race
High school or below
 Hispanic18.6 (16.0, 21.2)19.4 (15.2, 23.6)17.5 (14.7, 20.3)
 Non-Hispanic white16.9 (15.3, 18.4)18.4 (15.9, 21.0)15.0 (13.2, 16.8)
 Non-Hispanic black22.9 (20.4, 25.4)23.4 (20.8, 26.1)21.8 (17.5, 26.1)
 Other races15.7 (9.6, 21.8)15.4 (6.2, 24.6)15.6 (8.0, 23.3)
College or above
 Hispanic12.9 (8.2, 17.6)15.0 (7.9, 22.1)11.3 (5.7, 17.0)
 Non-Hispanic white12.8 (11.5, 14.2)14.7 (12.9, 16.5)11.1 (9.1, 13.2)
 Non-Hispanic black16.0 (12.8, 19.3)18.1 (12.0, 24.2)14.8 (11.0, 18.5)
 Other races12.6 (8.0, 17.2)15.1 (5.0, 25.2)11.2 (6.4, 15.9)

The stratified prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension was age-adjusted by direct standardization to the 2000 projected US population.
NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; CI: confidence interval.
indicates that the stratified difference in the prevalence of untreated ISH between 1999–2004 and 2005–2010 is significant at the 0.05 level.