title: Comparison of early target organ damage between blacks and whites with mild systemic arterial hypertension.
abstract: As greater mortality and morbidity from target organ damage in arterial hypertension have been reported for black than for white hypertensives, we examined in a matched-pair analysis whether race per se affected markers of early target organ damage at similar levels of blood pressure. After controlling for the confounding factors such as age, sex, weight, and arterial pressure that interact with hypertension-related target organ damage, no racial disparities could be detected between matched black and white hypertensive patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine IV, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Schmieder
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Rockstroh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lüchters
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hammerstein
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Messerli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D002302:Cardiac Output; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012079:Renal Circulation; D014655:Vascular Resistance; D044465:White People