Open AccessEthnicity and Blood Pressure
Author(s) -
Oparil Suzanne,
Wright Jackson T.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2005.04103.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , race (biology) , blood pressure , population , demography , family medicine , gerontology , environmental health , gender studies , sociology , anthropology
The prevalence, impact, and control of hypertension differ across racial and ethnic subgroups in the United States population. Whether race/ethnicity should be a significant consideration in the choice of individual antihypertensive drugs continues to be a topic of intense interest and debate. This brief review will discuss recent findings that bear on the management of hypertension in these special patient groups.