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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 46.6 percent of adults aged 18 years and over with chronic kidney disease had elevated blood pressure in 2013-16
Target: 42.8 percent
Minimal statistical significance
Methodology
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 1–4 are defined as a urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) ≥ 30 mg/g (single measurement) or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) between 15 and 59 ml/min/1.73 m². The eGFR is computed using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation.
Adults are defined as having high blood pressure if they have a measurement of mean systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mm Hg or mean diastolic blood pressure ≥ 80 mm Hg. Blood pressure is measured by averaging up to 3 blood pressure readings taken during the physical examination in the NHANES Mobile Examination Center. A detailed description of the procedures for blood pressure measurement in the NHANES has been published elsewhere.