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We assessed blood pressure control 1\u00a0year after heart, liver, lung or kidney transplantation using cross-sectional data from 1112 SOTR (39% female, mean age 57 \u00b1 13\u00a0years) from the TransplantLines biobank and cohort study. Suboptimal control was defined as systolic blood pressure &amp;gt;130\u00a0mmHg or diastolic blood pressure &amp;gt;80\u00a0mmHg. Overall, 997 (90%) SOTR had hypertension. Suboptimal control occurred in 721 (72%), including 146 (20%) who received no antihypertensive treatment despite elevated blood pressure. Rates of suboptimal control were consistently high across organ types (71%\u201384%). Older age (OR = 1.03; 95%CI1.01\u20131.04), diabetes (OR = 1.99; 95%CI1.18\u20133.36), and higher cholesterol (OR = 1.23; 95%CI1.01\u20131.51) were independently associated with suboptimal control. Among treated SOTR, recipients were older (OR = 1.03; 95%CI1.01\u20131.05), more often male (OR = 1.55; 95%CI1.03\u20132.34), and had more prior cardiovascular events (OR = 2.06; 95%CI1.14\u20133.95). In sensitivity analyses using alternative blood pressure thresholds, suboptimal control remained common, affecting 40% of hypertensive SOTR using a \u2264140\/90\u00a0mmHg threshold. 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