Residential Racial Segregation, Socioeconomic Status, and Hypertension Risk in Black and White Americans: The REGARDS Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black adults experience the highest hypertension burden of any racial group. It is unclear whether different dimensions of residential segregation have different relationships with hypertension risk for Black and White people, or whether socioeconomic status explains any of the relationships.

Methods

We studied 6787 Black and White participants from the REGARDS (Reasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke) study, without prevalent hypertension and with follow-up for hypertension 9.4 years later. County-level segregation was defined using dissimilarity, isolation, and interaction indices. Associations between residential segregation indices and incident hypertension were estimated. Racial differences in associations and mediating effects of socioeconomi

SUBMITTER: Mukaz DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684641 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature