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Age Adjusted Prevalence of HTN
Dr. Nayan Ray
MBBS
Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital
The prevalence of hypertension increased with age
Hypertension Prevalence Among Adults Aged 18 and Over: United States, 2017–2018, CDC
NCHS Data Brief No. 364, April 2020
Data from the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (2017–2018)
• The prevalence of age-adjusted hypertension
was 45.4% among adults and was higher among
men (51.0%) than women (39.7%).
• Hypertension increased with age: 22.4% (aged
18–39), 54.5% (40–59), and 74.5% (60 and
over).
NYN/DMA/BPL
The prevalence of hypertension by age and sex.
N = 10,040
Study Type: Cohort
Place: Iran
Rajati, F., Hamzeh, B., Pasdar, Y. et al. Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and their
determinants: Results from the first cohort of non-communicable diseases in a Kurdish settlement. Sci Rep 9,
12409 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48232-y
NYN/DMA/BPL
Hull et al. BMC Nephrology 2011, 12:41 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/12/41
NYN/DMA/BPL
Pooled hypertension prevalence by age group for 20 studies included in
systematic review of hypertension research, Argentina, 1988–2013
Díaz A, Ferrante D. Trends in prevalence of hypertension in Argentina in the last 25 years: a systematic
review of observational studies. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2015;38(6):496–503.
NYN/DMA/BPL
Thank You
NYN/DMA/BPL

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The prevalence of Hypertension by Age.pdf

  • 1. Age Adjusted Prevalence of HTN Dr. Nayan Ray MBBS Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital
  • 2. The prevalence of hypertension increased with age Hypertension Prevalence Among Adults Aged 18 and Over: United States, 2017–2018, CDC NCHS Data Brief No. 364, April 2020 Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2017–2018) • The prevalence of age-adjusted hypertension was 45.4% among adults and was higher among men (51.0%) than women (39.7%). • Hypertension increased with age: 22.4% (aged 18–39), 54.5% (40–59), and 74.5% (60 and over). NYN/DMA/BPL
  • 3. The prevalence of hypertension by age and sex. N = 10,040 Study Type: Cohort Place: Iran Rajati, F., Hamzeh, B., Pasdar, Y. et al. Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and their determinants: Results from the first cohort of non-communicable diseases in a Kurdish settlement. Sci Rep 9, 12409 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48232-y NYN/DMA/BPL
  • 4. Hull et al. BMC Nephrology 2011, 12:41 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/12/41 NYN/DMA/BPL
  • 5. Pooled hypertension prevalence by age group for 20 studies included in systematic review of hypertension research, Argentina, 1988–2013 Díaz A, Ferrante D. Trends in prevalence of hypertension in Argentina in the last 25 years: a systematic review of observational studies. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2015;38(6):496–503. NYN/DMA/BPL