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JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION
卷 35, 期 12, 页码 2380-2387出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001489
关键词
Blacks; African Americans; health disparities; hypertension; immigrants; length of residency; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; place of birth; nativity
资金
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health [R01HL115189]
- Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy's Sponsored Research Administration
Objectives:Non-Hispanic Blacks in the United States have the highest reported prevalence of hypertension (44%) worldwide. However, this does not consider the heterogeneity of Blacks within the United States, particularly comparing US-born to long-standing or recent (foreign-born) immigrants. The objective of this study is to compare odds of hypertension between US-born and foreign-born Blacks in the United States.Methods:We assessed the prevalence of hypertension among US-born (n=4511) vs. foreign-born (n=522) non-Hispanic Black adults aged 22-79 years, based on pooled nationally representative data (2003-2014); as well by length of US residency among immigrants. Multivariable-adjusted logistic regression was used to investigate the association between nativity and hypertension odds.Results:Nearly half (42.8%) of US-born Blacks but only 27.4% of foreign-born Blacks had hypertension. After adjusting for major covariates, foreign-born Blacks were 39.0% less likely (odds ratio 0.61 95% confidence interval 0.49, 0.77) to have hypertension than their US-born counterparts. Among foreign-born Blacks, length of US residency was not significantly associated with odds of hypertension.Conclusion:Foreign-born vs. US-born non-Hispanic Blacks have substantially lower prevalence of hypertension. Considering nativity among US Blacks in clinical research and public health efforts may improve accuracy of characterizing health disparities and facilitate development of targeted interventions to reduce hypertension in this diverse population.
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