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TABLE 1. Prevalence <strong>of</strong> Awareness, Treatment, and Control <strong>of</strong> Hypertension by Descriptive<br />

Factors in the REGARDS Cohort 8<br />

All<br />

REGARDS<br />

Participants<br />

Post-test Answers<br />

Awareness <strong>of</strong> Hypertension<br />

Among All Hypertensives<br />

A 35 year old obese male comes to the <strong>of</strong>fice for a rash and has his routine blood pressure<br />

measured with a standard cuff <strong>of</strong> 170/104 mmHg. He has a grandfather who died <strong>of</strong> a stroke at<br />

83 years old, but he thinks his parents are in good health and only take ‘a few’ pills. You assess<br />

the rash and indicate it is tinea crura and advise an anti-fungal cream. You then address his BP<br />

by:<br />

A. Have him return in the morning for another BP reading<br />

B. Recheck his BP with a large cuff after sitting for 5 minutes<br />

Since he is obese and just had a single reading, potentially not performed<br />

properly, it should be repeated correctly. If elevated, he should have<br />

another blood pressure check, although it does not have to be the next<br />

day, unless he has rare hypertensive urgency. (Correct answer)<br />

C. Start a diuretic and have him return for a physical<br />

D. Advise him to lose weight and see him back in a year<br />

The likelihood <strong>of</strong> isolated systolic <strong>hypertension</strong> increases in:<br />

A. Over 70 years old<br />

This is more common after 50 years <strong>of</strong> age (Correct answer)<br />

B. Under 50 years old<br />

Which <strong>of</strong> the following is true?<br />

A. Inadequate control <strong>of</strong> systolic BP is usually the reason for uncontrolled<br />

<strong>hypertension</strong> (Correct answer)<br />

B. Inadequate control <strong>of</strong> diastolic BP is usually the reason for uncontrolled<br />

<strong>hypertension</strong><br />

C. Inadequate control <strong>of</strong> systolic and diastolic BP are equally likely in individuals<br />

with uncontrolled <strong>hypertension</strong><br />

A 40 year old Black healthy male has been to your <strong>of</strong>fice twice in the past 2 months for upper<br />

respiratory infections and his average BP over these two visits was 160/102 mmHg; both BP<br />

22 Hypertension Core Curriculum<br />

Aware <strong>of</strong><br />

Hypertension<br />

Treatment <strong>of</strong> Hypertension<br />

Among Aware Hypertensives<br />

On<br />

Medication<br />

No. <strong>of</strong><br />

Hypertensive<br />

Participants No. % No. aware No. %<br />

Control <strong>of</strong><br />

Hypertension<br />

Among Treated<br />

Hypertensives<br />

Controlled Blood<br />

Pressure<br />

No.<br />

Treated No. %<br />

All<br />

Race<br />

11 606 6023 5477 90.9 5477 4866 88.8 4858 3198 65.8<br />

White 57.2% 3070 2738 89.2 2738 2373 86.7 2371 1663 70.1<br />

Black 42.8% 2953 2739 92.8 2739 2493 91.0 2487 1535 61.7

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