REPORTS : CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND RISK FACTORS VARIATIONS IN HYPERTENSION-RELATED OUTCOMES AMONG BLACKS , WHITES AND HISPANICS IN TWO LARGE URBAN AREAS AND IN THE UNITED STATES

Haslyn E. R. Hunte, PhD; Graciela Mentz, PhD; James S. House, PhD; Amy J. Schulz, PhD; David R. Williams, PhD; Michael R. Elliott, PhD; Jeffrey D. Morenoff, PhD; Denise M. White-Perkins, MD Objective: This study compared the hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan to that of the general United States population (aged $ 25 years) for the period 2001–2003. We examined whether and how much 1) urban populations have less favorable hypertensionrelated outcomes and 2) the rates of racial/ ethnic minorities lag behind those of Whites in order to determine if the national data understate the magnitude of hypertension-related outcomes and racial/ethnic disparities in two large cities in the Midwestern region of the United States and perhaps others.

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