High Prevalence of Hypertension and Other Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in US- and Caribbean-Born Blacks with Chest Pain Syndromes

BACKGROUND: Caribbean-born blacks (CBB) have been reported to have lower coronary artery disease mortality rates than US-born blacks (UBB). We assessed whether CBB have a lower prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors compared to UBB. METHODS: Non-Hispanic blacks (n = 275) hospitalized for chest p...

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Main Authors: Bamimore, Ayotunde, Olafiranye, Oladipupo, Demede, Melaku, Zizi, Ferdinand, Browne, Ruth, Brown, Cinton, McFarlane, Samy I., Jean-Louis, Girardin
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: S. Karger AG 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428709/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22936345
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000337716
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