(WebMD.com) — Race, place, and gender appear to be strongly associated with high blood pressure, a major risk for heart disease and stroke, according to new data.
A 20-year study involving more than 3,400 young, initially healthy adults in four urban areas found that the risk of developing high blood pressure was higher in the South compared to the North; hypertension rates were highest in African-American women and lowest in white women.
Understanding which regions and populations are at greatest risk could help experts target better interventions for these groups.
Researchers led by Deborah A. Levine, MD, MPH, assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, analyzed data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. This study included information on black and white men and women who were between the ages of 18 and 30 during 1985 and 1986, when the study began, and who lived in Birmingham, Ala.; Chicago; Minneapolis, Minn.; or Oakland, Calif.
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Blacks have been shown to be more susceptible to hypertension.Records also has shown that a higher percentage of men is affected.Research may have to be conducted further as a way of getting round the reasons for that.