Age at Diagnosis of Hypertension by Race and Ethnicity in the US From 2011 to 2020

JAMA Cardiol. 2022 Sep 1;7(9):986-987. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.2345.

Authors

Xiaoning Huang¹, Kristen Lee², Michael C Wang¹, Nilay S Shah^{1

3}, Sadiya S Khan^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
⁴ Associate Editor, JAMA Cardiology.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses differences in the age at which adults in the US are diagnosed with hypertension based on race and ethnicity.

MeSH terms

Ethnicity*
Humans
Hypertension*
Racial Groups

Grants and funding

P30 DK092949/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States