Open AccessPerceived Discrimination and Hypertension Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study
Author(s) -
Mario Sims,
Ana V. DiezRoux,
Amanda Dudley,
Samson Y. Gebreab,
Sharon B. Wyatt,
Marino A. Bruce,
Sherman A. James,
J.C. Robinson,
David R. Williams,
Herman A. Taylor
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300523
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , quartile , confidence interval , demography , body mass index , etiology , gerontology , population , environmental health , sociology
Using Jackson Heart Study data, we examined whether perceived discrimination was associated with prevalent hypertension in African Americans.