title: Self-reported hypertension and race among hispanic and non-hispanic adults: the New York City community Health Survey.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY 10468, USA. Luisa.Borrell@lehman.cuny.edu
authors.forename: Luisa N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Borrell
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huynh
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dumanovsky
mesh_terms: 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