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Table 2 Prevalence of hypertension and its subtypes according to the 2017 ACC/AHA and 2018 KSH guidelines

From: Differences in prevalence of hypertension subtypes according to the 2018 Korean Society of Hypertension and 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007–2017 (KNHANES IV-VII)

 

All HTN

Treated HTN

Untreated isolated diastolic HTN

Untreated isolated systolic HTN

Untreated systolic diastolic HTN

2018 KSH

2017 ACC/AHA

Difference

All guideline

2018 KSH

2017 ACC/AHA

Difference

2018 KSH

2017 ACC/AHA

Difference

2018 KSH

2017 ACC/AHA

Difference

(n = 18,377)

(n = 29,713)

(n = 11,336)

(n = 11,697)

(n = 2592)

(n = 9191)

(n = 6593)

(n = 2007)

(n = 2082)

(n = 79)

(n = 2081)

(n = 6743)

(n = 4627)

Total

25.9 (25.4–26.5)

46.3 (45.6–46.9)

20.3 (19.9–20.8)

14.7 (14.3–15.1)

5.2 (4.9–5.4)

17.9 (17.4–18.3)

11.8 (11.5–12.1)

2.5 (2.3–2.6)

2.6 (2.4–2.7)

0.1 (0.0–0.2)

3.5 (3.3–3.7)

11.1 (10.7–11.4)

7.6 (7.3–7.8)

Age group, yrs

 20–29

4.8 (4.2–5.4)

22.5 (21.3–23.8)

17.7 (16.6–18.9)

0.2 (0.1–0.4)

3.5 (3.0–4.1)

17.2 (16.1–18.3)

12.5 (12.3–12.7)

0.4 (0.2–0.5)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

0.3 (0.2–0.4)

0.7 (0.5–1.0)

4.4 (3.8–5.0)

3.7 (3.2–4.3)

 30–39

10.3 (9.6–11.0)

31.6 (30.5–32.7)

21.3 (20.4–22.3)

1.8 (1.5–2.2)

6.5 (6.0–7.1)

22.4 (21.4–23.4)

14.9 (14.7–15.2)

0.3 (0.1–0.4)

0.4 (0.2–0.5)

0.1 (0.0–0.2)

2.2 (1.8–2.5)

7.5 (6.9–8.1)

5.3 (4.8–5.9)

 40–49

21.1 (20.2–22.0)

45.0 (43.9–46.1)

23.9 (23.0–24.8)

10.8 (9.9–11.6)

8.5 (7.9–9.1)

24.3 (23.3–25.3)

15.2 (15.0–15.4)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

0.6 (0.4–0.8)

−0.1 (− 0.2–0.0)

4.6 (4.2–5.1)

12.9 (12.2–13.7)

8.3 (7.7–8.9)

 50–59

35.3 (34.3–36.4)

59.1 (58.1–60.2)

23.8 (22.9–24.7)

26.1 (25.0–27.1)

5.5 (5.0–6.0)

18.9 (18.0–19.7)

13.1 (12.8–13.3)

3.2 (2.8–3.6)

2.3 (1.9–2.6)

− 0.9 (− 1.0--0.8)

6.4 (5.8–6.9)

18.9 (18.0–19.7)

11.4 (10.7–12.1)

 60–69

51.1 (49.9–52.3)

67.8 (66.7–69.0)

16.7 (15.8–17.6)

30.0 (29.0–31.0)

1.9 (1.6–2.2)

8.5 (7.8–9.1)

6.5 (6.1–6.8)

6.3 (5.7–7.0)

6.5 (5.9–7.1)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

4.0 (3.5–4.4)

14.0 (13.2–14.9)

10.1 (9.3–10.8)

 70–79

62.6 (61.2–63.9)

74.6 (73.4–75.8)

12.1 (11.1–13.0)

25.0 (24.1–25.9)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

3.0 (2.6–3.5)

2.1 (1.8–2.4)

8.7 (8.0–9.5)

11.0 (10.2–11.9)

1.4 (1.3–1.6)

2.6 (2.2–3.1)

10.1 (9.3–11.0)

7.5 (6.8–8.2)

 80+

69.7 (66.8–72.5)

79.8 (77.4–82.2)

10.1 (8.4–11.9)

6.1 (5.6–6.6)

0.5 (0.1–0.8)

1.6 (0.9–2.2)

1.6 (1.3–1.8)

12.1 (10.2–14.1)

15.0 (12.8–17.2)

2.8 (2.7–3.0)

2.2 (1.4–3.1)

8.8 (7.1–10.5)

6.6 (5.1–8.1)

Male

29.2 (2.4–29.9)

55.3 (54.4–56.1)

26.1 (25.4–26.8)

14.0 (13.5–14.5)

82 (7.8–8.7)

24.9 (24.1–25.6)

14.4 (14.0–14.7)

2.3 (2.1–2.5)

2.2 (2.0–2.4)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

4.5 (4.2–4.9)

14.1 (13.6–14.7)

9.6 (9.1–10.0)

Age group, yrs

 20–29

7.9 (6.8–9.0)

34.1 (32.1–36.1)

26.2 (24.4–28.0)

0.5 (0.1–0.8)

5.7 (4.8–6.7)

25.0 (23.2–26.8)

19.6 (19.3–20.2)

0.7 (0.3–1.0)

1.2 (0.8–1.7)

0.6 (0.5–0.7)

1.2 (0.8–1.6)

7.5 (6.4–8.6)

6.3 (5.3–7.3)

 30–39

16.8 (15.6–18.0)

46.8 (45.1–48.4)

30.0 (28.5–31.5)

2.9 (2.3–3.6)

11.0 (10.0–11.9)

32.5 (30.9–34.0)

21.5 (21.1–22.0)

0.4 (0.2–0.7)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

3.4 (2.8–4.0)

11.8 (10.8–12.9)

8.4 (7.5–9.3)

 40–49

29.0 (27.5–30.4)

59.0 (57.5–60.6)

30.1 (28.6–31.5)

13.9 (12.5–15.3)

13.3 (12.2–14.4)

33.0 (31.5–34.5)

19.5 (19.3–20.0)

0.6 (0.4–0.9)

0.4 (0.2–0.7)

− 0.1 (− 0.2–0.0)

6.3 (5.5–7.0)

16.9 (15.7–18.1)

10.6 (9.6–11.6)

 50–59

40.4 (38.8–41.9)

67.4 (65.9–68.9)

27.0 (25.6–28.4)

29.3 (27.7–30.9)

7.9 (7.0–8.7)

23.1 (21.7–24.4)

15.5 (15.1–15.9)

3.3 (2.7–4.0)

1.9 (1.4–2.3)

− 1.4 (− 1.5--1.2)

7.6 (6.8–8.5)

20.9 (19.6–22.3)

13.3 (12.2–14.4)

 60–69

51.2 (49.4–52.9)

69.2 (67.5–70.8)

18.0 (16.6–19.3)

29.9 (28.4–31.4)

2.5 (2.0–3.0)

10.3 (9.3–11.3)

7.9 (7.7–8.1)

5.5 (4.8–6.2)

5.4 (4.6–6.2)

− 0.3 (− 0.4−− 0.2)

4.8 (4.1–5.6)

15.1 (13.8–16.3)

10.3 (9.2–11.3)

 70–79

58.1 (56.1–60.1)

71.1 (69.3–73.0)

13.0 (11.7–14.4)

19.6 (18.4–20.7)

0.7 (0.4–1.0)

4.0 (3.2–4.8)

3.4 (3.0–3.7)

8.9 (7.8–10.0)

11.0 (9.7–12.3)

1.8 (1.6–2.0)

3.1 (2.4–3.8)

10.8 (9.6–12.0)

7.7 (6.7–8.7)

 80+

63.0 (58.3–67.8)

73.7 (69.4–78.0)

10.7 (7.8–13.6)

3.9 (3.4–4.5)

0.6 (0.0–1.3)

2.6 (1.1–4.1)

1.8 (1.6–2.0)

12.7 (9.6–15.8)

15.7 (12.4–19.0)

2.5 (2.3–2.8)

1.5 (0.5–2.5)

7.2 (4.7–9.7)

5.7 (3.4–8.0)

Female

22.7 (22.1–23.3)

37.3 (36.5–38.0)

14.5 (14.1–15.0)

15.4 (14.9–15.9)

2.1 (1.9–2.3)

10.9 (10.4–11.3)

8.5 (8.0–8.9)

2.6 (2.4–2.8)

2.9 (2.7–3.1)

0.2 (0.1–0.4)

2.4 (2.2–2.6)

8.0 (7.7–8.4)

5.6 (5.3–5.9)

Age group, yrs

 20–29

1.3 (0.9–1.7)

9.4 (8.3–10.5)

8.1 (7.1–9.1)

0.0 (0.0–0.1)

1.0 (0.7–1.4)

8.3 (7.3–9.3)

7.0 (6.7–7.3)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.1 (0.0–0.2)

0.1 (0.0–0.2)

0.2 (0.0–0.4)

1.0 (0.6–1.3)

0.8 (0.5–1.1)

 30–39

3.4 (2.9–3.9)

15.5 (14.4–16.6)

12.1 (11.2–13.1)

0.8 (0.6–1.1)

1.8 (1.5–2.2)

11.7 (10.8–12.7)

9.5 (9.3–9.8)

0.1 (0.0–0.2)

0.2 (0.1–0.3)

0.1 (0.0–0.2)

0.8 (0.5–1.1)

2.9 (2.4–3.4)

2.1 (1.6–2.5)

 40–49

13.0 (12.0–14.0)

30.6 (29.3–32.0)

17.6 (16.6–18.7)

7.9 (7.0–8.8)

3.6 (3.1–4.1)

15.4 (14.4–16.4)

12.1 (11.7–12.5)

0.8 (0.6–1.1)

0.8 (0.5–1.1)

-0.2 (− 0.3--0.1)

3.0 (2.5–3.5)

8.9 (8.1–9.7)

5.9 (5.2–6.5)

 50–59

30.3 (28.9–31.6)

50.8 (49.3–52.2)

20.5 (19.3–21.7)

23.2 (21.9–24.4)

3.0 (2.6–3.5)

14.6 (13.6–15.6)

11.2 (10.8–11.6)

3.1 (2.6–3.6)

2.7 (2.2–3.2)

− 0.7 (− 0.8--0.6)

5.1 (4.4–5.7)

14.5 (13.6–15.5)

9.5 (8.7–10.3)

 60–69

51.1 (49.4–52.7)

66.6 (65.0–68.1)

15.5 (14.4–16.6)

30.0 (28.7–31.3)

1.3 (1.0–1.7)

6.7 (6.0–7.5)

5.4 (5.1–5.8)

7.2 (6.3–8.1)

7.5 (6.7–8.3)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

3.2 (2.6–3.7)

13.0 (11.9–14.1)

9.9 (8.9–10.8)

 70–79

65.8 (63.9–67.6)

77.1 (75.5–78.7)

11.4 (10.1–12.6)

30.0 (28.7–31.3)

0.7 (0.4–0.9)

2.4 (1.8–2.9)

2.2 (2.0–2.5)

8.6 (7.6–9.6)

11.0 (9.9–12.2)

1.8 (1.5–2.0)

2.3 (1.7–2.8)

9.7 (8.5–10.8)

7.4 (6.4–8.4)

 80+

73.2 (69.8–76.6)

83.0 (80.2–85.8)

9.8 (7.7–12.0)

8.1 (7.2–8.9)

0.4 (0.0–0.8)

1.0 (0.3–1.7)

0.9 (0.8–1.1)

11.8 (9.3–14.3)

14.6 (11.7–17.4)

3.0 (2.8–3.1)

2.6 (1.4–3.8)

9.7 (7.4–11.9)

7.0 (5.0–9.0)

  1. Values are presented as weighted % (95% confidence interval)
  2. Abbreviations: ACC/AHA American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association, HTN Hypertension, KNHANES The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, KSH Korean Society of Hypertension