Consistency of Recommendations for Evaluation and Management of Hypertension.

Importance: Hypertension is very common, but guideline recommendations for hypertension have been controversial, are of increasing interest, and have profound implications.

Objective: To systematically assess the consistency of recommendations regarding hypertension management across clinical practice guidelines (CPGs).

Design, Setting, And Participants: This cross-sectional study of hypertension management recommendations included CPGs that had been published as of April 2018.