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Social Determinants, Blood Pressure Control, and Racial Inequities in Childbearing Age Women With Hypertension, 2001 to 2018
- Source :
- Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 12, Iss 5 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2023.
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Abstract
- Background Hypertension is an important modifiable risk factor of serious maternal morbidity and mortality. Social determinants of health (SDoH) influence hypertension outcomes and may contribute to racial and ethnic differences in hypertension control. Our objective was to assess SDoH and blood pressure (BP) control by race and ethnicity in US women of childbearing age with hypertension. Methods and Results We studied women (aged 20–50 years) with hypertension (systolic BP ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic BP ≥90 mm Hg or use of antihypertensive medication) in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2001 to 2018. SDoH and BP control (systolic BP
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20479980 and 33223114
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.60be9760a65419bb185c33223114e24
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.027169