Table 4.

Blood Pressure Control Status by Consistency or Care and Wave

BP Status (n [%])Wave 1 (1987)Wave 2 (1990)Wave 3 (1994)Wave 4 (1998)
Consistent Care (n = 2076Inconsistent Care* (n = 0))No Care (n = 384)Consistent Care (n = 1611)Inconsistent Care (n = 595)No Care (n = 217)Consistent Care (n = 1154)Inconsistent Care (n = 704)No Care (n = 80)Consistent Care (n = 743)Inconsistent Care (n = 330)No Care (n = 24)
Controlled526 (25.3)71 (18.5)671 (41.7)167 (28.1)70 (32.3)441 (38.2)184 (26.1)22 (27.5)307 (41.3)131 (39.7)10 (41.7)
Stage 1 HTN974 (46.9)176 (45.8)520 (32.3)147 (24.7)46 (21.2)367 (31.8)133 (18.9)18 (22.5)232 (31.2)106 (32.1)9 (37.5)
Stage 2 HTN576 (27.7)137 (35.7)361 (22.4)92 (15.5)52 (24.0)317 (27.5)120 (17.0)18 (22.5)171 (23.0)70 (21.2)5 (20.8)
Missing0 (0.0)0 (0.0)59 (3.7)189 (31.8)49 (22.6)29 (2.5)267 (37.9)22 (27.5)33 (4.4)23 (7.0)0 (0.0)
  • * Inconsistent Care was not assessed at wave 1 because the definition requires data from 2 or more time periods.

  • HTN, hypertension.