Racial/ethnic differences in hypertension and hypertension treatment and control in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 963-970

  Kramer, Holly ^a,h   Han, Cong ^b   Post, Wendy ^c   Goff, David ^d   Diez Roux, Ana ^e   Cooper, Richard ^a   Jinagouda, Sujata ^f   Shea, Steven ^g  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; hypertension; hypertension control; MESA; Race

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIURETICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5444266062     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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