High Blood Pressure and African Americans

The rate of high blood pressure among Black people in the United States is among the highest in the world.

High Blood Pressure in Black People - WebMD

Being Black is a risk factor for developing high blood pressure. Others include: The more risk factors you have, the more likely it is that you have high blood ...

Heart Disease and African Americans | Office of Minority Health

African American women are nearly 50 percent more likely to have high blood pressure, as compared to non-Hispanic white women. Diagnosed Cases ...

Racial Differences in Hypertension: Implications for High Blood ...

The higher blood pressure levels for African Americans are associated with higher rates of stroke, end-stage renal disease and congestive heart failure. The ...

What About High Blood Pressure Among Black People?

If you're an adult with a systolic blood pressure of 120 to 129, and your diastolic pressure is less than 80, you have elevated blood pressure. High blood ...

High Blood Pressure and African Americans

High blood pressure is more common among African Americans than other ethnic groups. Nearly 40%of non-Hispanic blacks have high blood pressure.

Genetics of Hypertension in African Americans and Others of African ...

African Americans and other people of African descent show a higher incidence of hypertension and its related comorbidities.

What you need to know about hypertension in African Americans

Earlier hypertension: Black Americans develop high blood pressure earlier in life than people in other racial groups do. In fact, one 2019 study ...

Why Do Black Americans Have Higher Prevalence of Hypertension?

Originally Published 7 February 2011. Free Access ... Originally Published 7 February 2011. Free Access ... Why Do Black Americans Have Higher Prevalence of ...

The link between structural racism, high blood pressure and Black ...

Studies show high blood pressure, also called hypertension, affects Black adults – particularly women – earlier and more dramatically than their ...

Burden of hypertension in Black individuals - UpToDate

Outline · Social and environmental factors · More severe hypertension · Inadequate antihypertensive therapy · Genetic factors in some patients.

How Blood Pressure Treatment Is Different for African Americans

Nearly 55 percent of African Americans have high blood pressure – and many respond differently to common medications used to treat other patients.

Discrimination, high blood pressure, and health disparities in African ...

It has been well established that African Americans have a higher risk of hypertension compared with other racial or ethnic groups in the United ...

Race, Ethnicity, Hypertension, and Heart Disease - JACC Journals

This clinical review delineates racial/ethnic disparities in the epidemiology of hypertension, and the impact of social determinants of health on the quality ...

Discrimination and Hypertension Risk Among African Americans in ...

We examined whether everyday discrimination, lifetime discrimination, and stress from discrimination were associated with incident hypertension.

Race-Based Prescribing for Black People with High Blood Pressure ...

Our study provides evidence that race-based prescribing is ineffective, unwarranted and may even be detrimental to Black patients in the long run.

Hypertension in African Americans - ScienceDirect.com

African Americans have earlier-onset hypertension, higher average blood pressure (BP) levels, higher average nondipping nocturnal BP, greater 24-hour BP ...

Examining the Hypertension Rate in African Americans - Healthline

Lack of health insurance coverage, healthcare accessibility, and cultural understanding may all play a role in the increased rate of ...

COVID made high blood pressure in Black Americans worse

In a nation plagued by high blood pressure, Black people are more likely to suffer from it, especially during the COVID pandemic.

Racial Disparities in Hypertension Prevalence and Management

Non-Hispanic blacks (NHB) have significantly higher rates of hypertension compared to non-Hispanic whites (NHW), while Hispanics and non- ...