Adam P Bress, Lisandro D Colantonio, Richard S Cooper, Holly Kramer, John N Booth, Michelle C Odden, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Daichi Shimbo, Paul K Whelton, Emily B Levitan, George Howard, Brandon K Bellows, Dawn Kleindorfer, Monika M Safford, Paul Muntner, Andrew E Moran
BACKGROUND: Over 10 years, achieving and maintaining 2017 ACC/AHA guideline goals could prevent 3.0 million (UR, 1.1-5.1 million), 0.5 million (UR, 0.2-0.7 million), and 1.4 million (UR, 0.6-2.0 million) cardiovascular disease (CVD) events compared with maintaining current blood pressure (BP) levels, achieving 2003 Seventh Joint National Committee Report goals, and achieving 2014 Eighth Joint National Committee goals, respectively. We estimated the number of cardiovascular disease events prevented and treatment-related serious adverse events incurred over 10 years among US adults with hypertension by achieving 2017 ACC/AHA guideline-recommended BP goals compared with (1) current BP levels, (2) achieving 2003 Seventh Joint National Committee Report BP goals, and (3) achieving 2014 Eighth Joint National Committee panel member report BP goals...
January 2, 2019: Circulation