Racial-ethnic disparities in acute blood pressure after intracerebral hemorrhage.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess race-ethnic differences in acute blood pressure (BP) following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and the contribution to disparities in ICH outcome.

Methods

BPs in the field (emergency medical services [EMS]), emergency department (ED), and at 24 hours were compared and adjusted for group differences between non-Hispanic black (black), non-Hispanic white (white), and Hispanic participants in the Ethnic Racial Variations of Intracerebral Hemorrhage case-control study. Outcome was obtained by modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score at 3 months. We analyzed race-ethnic differences in good outcome (mRS ≤ 2) and mortality after adjusting for baseline differences and included BP recordings in this model.

Results

Of 2,069 ICH cases enrolled, 30% were white, 37% bl

SUBMITTER: Koch S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4999322 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature