title: Hypertension treatment and control among 28 physician practices across the United States: results of the Hypertension: Assessment of Treatment to Target (HATT) Study.
abstract: Chart reviews were conducted at 28 US physician practices to evaluate blood pressure (BP) management. The cross-sectional study included 8250 adult patients diagnosed with hypertension. The primary outcome variable was BP control (BP <140/90 mm Hg for nondiabetic and <130/80 mm Hg for diabetic patients). Mean body mass index was 30.9 kg/m(2), 49% were obese, 54% were women, mean age was 64.9 years, and 25% had diabetes. Mean BP was 132.2/77.8 mm Hg, and 55.8% of study participants had controlled BP. Patients with uncontrolled BP were more likely to be obese or African American, and more than twice as likely to have diabetes. Almost 1 in 5 nondiabetic patients (18%), and 38% of diabetic patients, were above goal BP by >10 mm Hg systolic or >5 mm Hg diastolic; among these patients, 36% used 0 or 1 antihypertensive medication, and 32% used 2 medications. Opportunity exists to improve BP control in this population.
authors.affiliation: Evidence-Based Medicine, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Belletti
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zacker
authors.forename: Jenifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wogen
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000208:ethnology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents