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JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION
Volume 39, Issue 2, Pages 202-213Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002651
Keywords
ethnic minority population; ethnicity; Europe; hypertension awareness; hypertension control; hypertension treatment
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- European Research Council under the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation [772244]
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The study found differences in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control levels between ethnic minority populations (EMPs) and European host populations (EHPs). African origin populations were more likely to be aware and treated for hypertension, but less likely to have their blood pressure controlled. South Asian populations were more likely to be aware of hypertension, but had similar treatment and control rates compared to EHPs.
Objective: Ethnic minority populations (EMPs) are disproportionally affected by hypertension-mediated complications compared with European host populations (EHPs), which might be due to disparities in hypertension awareness, treatment and control. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare awareness, treatment and control rates among EMPs with EHPs. Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science were searched from inception to 29 January 2020. Critical appraisal was performed according to methods of Hoy et al. Pooled odds ratios with corresponding 95% confidence intervals were calculated for these rates, stratified by ethnic group, using either random or fixed effect meta-analysis based on I-2-statistics. Study was registered in PROSPRO (CRD42020107897). Results: A total of 3532 records were screened of which 16 were included in the analysis with data on 26 800 EMP and 57 000 EHP individuals. Compared with EHPs, African origin populations were more likely to be aware (odds ratio 1.26, 95% confidence interval 1.02-1.56) and treated (1.49, 1.18- 1.88) for hypertension, but were less likely to have their blood pressure controlled (0.56, 0.40-0.78), whereas South Asian populations were more likely to be aware (1.15, 1.02-1.30), but had similar treatment and control rates. In Moroccan populations, hypertension awareness (0.79, 0.62-1.00) and treatment levels (0.77, 0.60-0.97) were lower compared with EHPs, while in Turkish populations awareness was lower (0.81, 0.65-1.00). Conclusion: Levels of hypertension awareness, treatment and control differ between EMPs and EHPs. Effort should be made to improve these suboptimal rates in EMPs, aiming to reduce ethnic inequalities in hypertensionmediated complications.
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