Concurrent with this pro- cess, writing committee members evaluated other published data relevant to the guideline. The findings of the ERC and the writing committee members were formally presented and Whelton et al 2017 High Blood Pressure Clinical Practice Guideline e17 discussed, and then guideline recommendations were devel- oped. The systematic review report, Systematic Review for the 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults, is published in conjunction with this guideline,S1.5-8 and its respective data supplements are available online. No writing committee member reported a RWI. Drs. Whelton, Wright, and Williamson had leadership roles in SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial). Dr. Carey chaired committee discussions in which the SPRINT results were considered. 1.2. Organization of the Writing Committee The writing committee consisted of clinicians, cardiolo- gists, epidemiologists, internists, an endocrinologist, a geri- atrician, a nephrologist, a neurologist, a nurse, a pharmacist, a physician assistant, and 2 lay/patient representatives. It Table 1. Applying Class of Recommendation and Level of Evidence to Clinical Strategies, Interventions, Treatments, or Diagnostic Testing in Patient Care* (Updated August 2015) included representatives from the ACC, AHA, American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC), American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), American Geriatrics Society (AGS), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), American Society of Hypertension (ASH), American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC), National MedicalAssociation (NMA), and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA). 1.3. Document Review and Approval This document was reviewed by 2 official reviewers nominated by the ACC and AHA; 1 reviewer each from the AAPA, ABC, ACPM, AGS, APhA, ASH, ASPC, NMA, and PCNA; and 38 individual content reviewers. Reviewers RWI information was distributed to the writing committee and is published in this document (Appendix 2). 