Describing Racial Disparity in Hypertension Control in a Large Minnesota Outpatient Practice.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This analysis is a part of ongoing quality improvement efforts aiming at improving hypertension control among various racial minority groups seen in a large outpatient practice with a special focus on two war refugee populations, the Hmong and the Somali populations.

Method

Deidentified medical records were reviewed for adult hypertensive patients who had an outpatient encounter with a hypertension diagnosis during the years 2015 through 2019. The study outcome was the rate of uncontrolled hypertension, defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, and stratified by race, age, and gender.

Results

There were 752,504 patient records representing 259,824 unique patients (mean age 61 ± 13 years) with 49.1% women, 82.1% w

SUBMITTER: Hussein HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10460648 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature