Racial disparities in the prevalence and control of hypertension among a cohort of HIV-infected patients in the southeastern United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

African Americans are disproportionately affected by both HIV and hypertension. Failure to modify risk factors for cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease such as hypertension among HIV-infected patients may attenuate the benefits conferred by combination antiretroviral therapy. In the general population, African Americans with hypertension are less likely to have controlled blood pressure than whites. However, racial differences in blood pressure control among HIV-infected patients are not well studied.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study evaluating racial differences in hypertension prevalence, treatment, and control among 1,664 patients attending the University of Alabama at Birmingham HIV Clinic in 2013. Multivariable analyses were performed

SUBMITTER: Burkholder GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875791 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature