Abstract
Adverse blood pressure (BP) is a major independent risk factor for epidemic cardiovascular diseases affecting almost one third of the US adult population. This review synthesizes results from studies published over the past few years on BP differences and prevalent hypertension between US blacks and whites and their different intakes of foods (e.g., fruits, vegetables, and dairy products) and micronutrients (e.g., vitamin D, calcium, potassium, and phosphorus). Studies have consistently reported higher prevalence of adverse BP levels and hypertension and less favorable dietary intakes in blacks than in whites, but the influence of specific dietary factors on high BP risk for blacks remains unclear.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Journal | Current hypertension reports |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2015 |
Funding
Authors were supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA (grants: R01-HL50490 and R01-HL84228). Professor Elliott was also supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London, UK; by the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit on the Impact of Environmental Hazards; and by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Public Health England (PHE) for the MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, and he is an NIHR Senior Investigator.
Keywords
- African-Americans
- Blacks
- Blood pressure
- DASH
- Diet
- Hypertension
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine
