Self-reported hypertension and race among hispanic and non-hispanic adults: the New York City community Health Survey.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the association between race/ethnicity and prevalence of self-reported hypertension in adults who participated in the 2005 Community Health Survey.


METHODS
This was a cross-sectional study of self-reported hypertension in New York City. Logistic regression was fitted to estimate the strength of the association between race/ethnicity and hypertension before and after adjusting for selected covariates.


RESULTS
Hispanics reported lower prevalence of hypertension than did non-Hispanics (25.6% vs 28.8%, P<.01). Regardless of ethnicity, Blacks reported higher prevalence of hypertension than did Whites. In the fully adjusted model, both Hispanic and non-Hispanic Blacks had 1.90 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04-4.85) and 1.68 (95% CI 1.39-2.03) greater odds of reporting hypertension than did non-Hispanic Whites, respectively; Hispanic Whites had odds comparable to non-Hispanic Whites.


CONCLUSIONS
This study suggests that Black race may lead to greater odds of reporting hypertension not only among non-Hispanics but also among Hispanics. Given the effect of race on health and the racial heterogeneity among Hispanics, race should be investigated among Hispanics whenever the data allow it.
Borrell
Luisa N
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Department of Health Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY 10468, USA. Luisa.Borrell@lehman.cuny.edu
Crawford
Natalie
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Huynh
Mary
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Dumanovsky
Tamara
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D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001741:Black or African American