Epidemiology of hypertension from childhood to young adulthood in black, white, and Hispanic population samples.
RESEARCHERS RECORDED BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS of children and adolescents in the Bogalusa Heart Study (black and white populations) and in the Brooks Country Study (Hispanic population). Hispanic children had smaller stature, while whites and Hispanics tended to be fatter than blacks in childhood. In Bogalusa, black boys showed higher blood pressure levels. Hispanic girls showed lower systolic blood pressure than the other ethnic groups. In cultures with a high prevalence of hypertension, such as blacks in the United States, it is important to understand the effect of environmental factors like dietary intake and electrolytes and obesity on the control of hypertension.
Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112-2824, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000886:Anthropometry; D044383:Black People; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004777:Environment; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D008145:Louisiana / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American