Research Needs to Improve Hypertension Treatment and Control in African Americans

Paul K Whelton; Paula T Einhorn; Paul Muntner; Lawrence J Appel; William C Cushman; Ana V Diez Roux; Keith C Ferdinand; Mahboob Rahman; Herman A Taylor; Jamy Ard; Donna K Arnett; Barry L Carter; Barry R Davis; Barry I Freedman; Lisa A Cooper; Richard Cooper; Patrice Desvigne-Nickens; Nara Gavini; Alan S Go; David J Hyman; Paul L Kimmel; Karen L Margolis; Edgar R Miller 3rd; Katherine T Mills; George A Mensah; Ann M Navar; Gbenga Ogedegbe; Michael K Rakotz; George Thomas; Jonathan N Tobin; Jackson T Wright; Sung Sug Sarah Yoon; Jeffrey A Cutler; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group on Research Needs to Improve Hypertension Treatment and Control in African Americans

doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.07905

Research Needs to Improve Hypertension Treatment and Control in African Americans

Hypertension. 2016 Nov;68(5):1066-1072. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.07905. Epub 2016 Sep 12.

Authors

Paul K Whelton¹, Paula T Einhorn², Paul Muntner², Lawrence J Appel², William C Cushman², Ana V Diez Roux², Keith C Ferdinand², Mahboob Rahman², Herman A Taylor², Jamy Ard², Donna K Arnett², Barry L Carter², Barry R Davis², Barry I Freedman², Lisa A Cooper², Richard Cooper², Patrice Desvigne-Nickens², Nara Gavini², Alan S Go², David J Hyman², Paul L Kimmel², Karen L Margolis², Edgar R Miller 3rd², Katherine T Mills², George A Mensah², Ann M Navar², Gbenga Ogedegbe², Michael K Rakotz², George Thomas², Jonathan N Tobin², Jackson T Wright², Sung Sug Sarah Yoon², Jeffrey A Cutler²; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group on Research Needs to Improve Hypertension Treatment and Control in African Americans

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (P.K.W., K.C.F.), and Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine (P.K.W., K.C.F.), New Orleans, LA; Division of Cardiovascular Sciences (P.T.E., P.D.-N., G.A.M., J.A.C.), and Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (N.G., G.A.M.), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (P.M.); Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (L.J.A., L.A.C., E.R.M.); Preventive Medicine Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN (W.C.C.); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (A.V.D.R.); Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, OH (M.R., J.T.W.); Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (H.A.T.); Department of Epidemiology and Prevention (J.A.) and Department of Medicine (B.I.F., J.A.), Wake Forest School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC; Dean's Office, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington (D.K.A.); Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City (B.L.C.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (B.R.D.); Department of Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL (R.C.); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland (A.S.G.); Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (D.J.H.); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD (P.L.K.); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN (K.L.M.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (A.M.N.); Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York (G.O.); American Medical Association, Chicago, IL (M.K.R.); Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.T.); Clinical Directors Network (CND) and The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York (J.N.T.); and National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD (S.S.(S.)Y.). pkwhelton@gmail.com.
² From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (P.K.W., K.C.F.), and Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine (P.K.W., K.C.F.), New Orleans, LA; Division of Cardiovascular Sciences (P.T.E., P.D.-N., G.A.M., J.A.C.), and Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (N.G., G.A.M.), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (P.M.); Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (L.J.A., L.A.C., E.R.M.); Preventive Medicine Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN (W.C.C.); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (A.V.D.R.); Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, OH (M.R., J.T.W.); Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (H.A.T.); Department of Epidemiology and Prevention (J.A.) and Department of Medicine (B.I.F., J.A.), Wake Forest School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC; Dean's Office, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington (D.K.A.); Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City (B.L.C.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (B.R.D.); Department of Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL (R.C.); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland (A.S.G.); Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (D.J.H.); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD (P.L.K.); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN (K.L.M.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (A.M.N.); Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York (G.O.); American Medical Association, Chicago, IL (M.K.R.); Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.T.); Clinical Directors Network (CND) and The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York (J.N.T.); and National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD (S.S.(S.)Y.).

Abstract

Additional targeted research and customized training programs could spearhead strategies for elimination of the disparities in prevalence and control of high BP between African Americans and the remainder of the US general population.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use*
Biomedical Research*
Black or African American / genetics*
Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
Blood Pressure Determination / methods
Female
Healthcare Disparities*
Humans
Hypertension / drug therapy*
Hypertension / ethnology
Hypertension / genetics
Hypertension / physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Needs Assessment
Prevalence
Severity of Illness Index
Sex Distribution
United States / epidemiology
White People / genetics
White People / statistics & numerical data

Substances

Antihypertensive Agents

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding