Equity in Hypertension Care and Outcomes: Closing the Black-White Gap in Blood Pressure Control

Yvonne Commodore-Mensah^{1

2}, Kathryn Foti², Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ Department of Health Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Comment

Yvonne Commodore-Mensah et al. Am J Hypertens. 2022.

. 2022 Jun 16;35(6):500-502.

doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpac002.

Yvonne Commodore-Mensah^{1

2}, Kathryn Foti², Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb^{1

3}

¹ Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ Department of Health Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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Blood Pressure Control Among Non-Hispanic Black Adults Is Lower Than Non-Hispanic White Adults Despite Similar Treatment With Antihypertensive Medication: NHANES 2013-2018.
Hayes DK, Jackson SL, Li Y, Wozniak G, Tsipas S, Hong Y, Thompson-Paul AM, Wall HK, Gillespie C, Egan BM, Ritchey MD, Loustalot F. Hayes DK, et al. Am J Hypertens. 2022 Jun 16;35(6):514-525. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpac011. Am J Hypertens. 2022. PMID: 35380626 Free PMC article.