Akinyelure OP, Hubbard D, Sakhuja S, et al. - Based on the results from this analysis of data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013-2018 (n=5,985), considering interventions is recommended to ensure all adults with hypertension have annual healthcare visits.

• Not having a healthcare visit in the past year was confessed by 7.0% of US adults with hypertension.

• Less probability of being aware of suffering from hypertension, of taking antihypertensive medication, and of having controlled blood pressure was observed in those without vs with a healthcare visit in the past year.

• More commonly, not having a healthcare visit in the past year was reported by US adults without health insurance (prevalence ratio [PR]: 2.22), without a usual source of healthcare (PR: 5.65), who smoked cigarettes (PR: 1.34), and with heavy vs no alcohol intake (PR: 1.55), post-multivariable adjustment.

• Those without diabetes or a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease as well as those not taking a statin were more commonly the ones who did not have a healthcare visit in the past year.