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hypertension_sueno
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Clinical Data/Incident Outcomes
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HCHS variables
Hypertension is defined here if the systolic or diastolic blood pressure is greater than or equal to 140/90 or if the participant is currently taking antihypertensive medications.
hypertension_ynd
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Medical History
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WSC variables
The next section asks about specific medical problems. Please indicate if you have been told by a doctor that you have or have had any of these conditions: High blood pressure or hypertension
hypert_awareness
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Lifestyle and Behavioral Health
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HCHS variables
This variable is defined by the self-report of doctor's diagnosis of hypertension for those who were defined as having hypertension using the NHANES definition only.
This variable is defined for participants whose blood pressure are below the cutoff of 140/90 (both systolic and diastolic must be less than the cutoff values) for those who were defined as having hypertension using the NHANES definition only and also indicated whether or not they were receiving treatment for hypertension.
hypert_treatment
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Medical History
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HCHS variables
This variable is defined by the participant's self-report awareness of hypertension and self-report use of antihypertensive medications for those who were defined as having hypertension using the NHANES definition only.
Hypertension is defined here if the systolic or diastolic blood pressure is greater than or equal to 140/90 or if the participant is currently taking antihypertensive medications.
Hypertension is defined here using the following NHANES definition: if the systolic or diastolic blood pressure is greater than or equal to 140/90 or if the participant self-reported as currently taking antihypertensive medications.
bscore
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Sleep Questionnaires/Berlin Questionnaire
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HEARTBEAT variables
Hand-calculated Berlin score from the Berlin Questionnaire. Berlin Questionnaire is divided into three categories. Category 1 evaluates sleep and snoring behavior. Category 2 determines the presence of daytime sleepiness. Category 3 assesses the participant's history of hypertension and obesity. The summary score is the number of positive categories. Netzer et al, 1999 (PubMed ID: 10507956)Search for all Berlin Questionnaire variables within this dataset
Defined by systolic blood pressure > 160, diastolic blood pressure > 90, or use of thiazides. This variable was collected at visit 1, a different timepoint than the 'Visit 8' sleep variables.