Association of depressive symptoms and hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control among USA adults

Objective: The aim of this study was to measure hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control by depressive symptoms among USA adults. Method: Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2007 to 2018 (n = 28 532), depressive symptoms were categorized as ‘none or minimum’, ‘mild’, ‘moderate’ and ‘moderately severe or severe’ by the Patient Health Questionnaire. Hypertension was assessed by history, blood pressure measures and antihypertensive medication use. Adjusted prevalence rates and adjusted prevalence ratios (APRs) of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control were measured. Results: By depressive, the adjusted prevalence of hypertension (32.0, 34.2, 37.3 and 36.6%), awareness (80.6, 83.9, 85.7 and 89.8%) and treatment (73.1, 75.2, 78.6 and 83.9%) increased with advanced depressive symptoms, respectively (all P 
Source: Journal of Hypertension - Category: Cardiology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research