Open AccessRacial Differences in Incident Atrial Fibrillation Among Hypertensive Patients During Antihypertensive Therapy
Author(s) -
Peter M. Okin,
Casper N. Bang,
Kristian Wachtell,
Darcy A. Hille,
Sverre E. Kjeldsen,
Stevo Julius,
Björn Dahlöf,
Richard B. Devereux
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1093/ajh/hpu006
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , blood pressure
Blacks have a higher prevalence of risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF), such as hypertension, obesity, and heart failure, than nonblacks. Although population-based studies have demonstrated a lower prevalence and incidence of AF in blacks, the relationship of incident AF to race among hypertensive patients undergoing blood pressure lowering has been less extensively examined.
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