Race, ethnicity, and self-reported hypertension: Analysis of data from the national health interview survey, 1997-2005

L.N. Borrell

American Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 99, issue 2, 313-319

Abstract: Objective. I estimated the association between race and self-reported hypertension among Hispanics and non-Hispanics and determined whether this association was stronger among non-Hispanics. Methods. With data from the 1997-2005 National Health Interview Survey, I used logistic regression to estimate the strength of the association between race/ethnicity and self-reported hypertension among US adults. Results. The overall prevalence of self-reported hypertension was 24.5%, with lower prevalence among Hispanics (16.7%) than among non-Hispanics (25.2%; P

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.123364

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