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The paper shows that Black Americans having descended from the slave trade have largely retained the allele associated with equatorial populations, have higher sodium retention than other populations in America (including black people who later emigrated to America after the slave trade had ended), and have correspondingly higher hypertensive ...
However, high-SES men with high levels of John Henryism were found to have lower levels of hypertension than their low–John Henryism, high-SES counterparts. [1] African Americans with high John Henryism scores were less likely to be current or former smokers than those with low scores. African-American college students with high John Henryism ...
The 2010 U.S. Census further specifies the number of Americans who identified with each racial and ethnic group; in 2010, 38.9 million identified as African American, 14.6 million as Asian American, 2.9 million as American Indian or Alaskan Native and 50.4 million as Hispanic or Latino.
Neil Barnett Shulman (March 18, 1945 – November 6, 2023) was an American doctor and medical writer, who was an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine at Emory University. [1] He conducted and published clinical research on hypertension and was the co-founder of the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks. He was also the author ...
To prevent or treat high blood pressure, the American Heart Association recommends aiming for 3,500 to 5,000 mg of potassium per day. Top sources include fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy, fish ...
Richard Stanley Cooper (born June 7, 1945) [1] is an American cardiologist and epidemiologist who is Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine. He is known for researching hypertension and other cardiac diseases in individuals of African ancestry. [2]
Hypertension is a very common condition, affecting about half of all adults in the U.S. ... Men have a higher risk of high blood pressure than women in middle age, but women have a higher risk ...
Several studies have concluded that African Americans have a greater incidence of hypertension and a greater morbidity and mortality from hypertensive disease than non-Hispanic whites, however hypertensive crises have a greater incidence in Caucasians. [12]