Health Equity

Discrimination and Hypertension Risk Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study

Abstract: African Americans have a higher risk of hypertension compared with other racial or ethnic groups in the United States. One possible explanation for this disparity is discrimination.

Publication: American Heart Association

Date Published: July 1, 2020

Author(s): Allana T. Forde, Mario Sims, Paul Muntner, Tené Lewis, Amanda Onwuka, Kari Moore and Ana V. Diez Roux

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