Adherence to antihypertensive treatment among African migrants and Portuguese natives : results from a primary care-based cohort study in Lisbon, Portugal

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Background Nonadherence to antihypertensive drugs may result in less effective blood pressure (BP) control. Because of significant ethnic disparities in BP control,differences in rates of and reasons for medication nonadherence should be assessed. Objectives To explore the factors associated with antihypertensive medication adherence in African migrants and Portuguese native hypertensive patients and to determine ethnic differences in medication adherence between African migrants and Portuguese natives.