Hypertension awareness, treatment and control among ethnic minority populations in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Ethnic minority populations (EMPs) are disproportionally affected by hypertension-mediated complications compared with European host populations (EHPs), which might be due to disparities in hypertension awareness, treatment and control. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare awareness, treatment and control rates among EMPs with EHPs.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science were searched from inception to 29 January 2020. Critical appraisal was performed according to methods of Hoy et al. Pooled odds ratios with corresponding 95% confidence intervals were calculated for these rates, stratified by ethnic group, using either random or fixed effect meta-analysis based on I2-statistics. Study was registered in PROSPRO (CRD42020107897).

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SUBMITTER: van der Linden EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7810417 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature