P-306: Hypertension and its treatment in Chinese residents of New York City and comparison with the general US population

Hypertension and its treatment among Chinese residents of the US is not well known. To compare the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among Chinese to the general US population, we collected data from participants at health screenings conducted by the NYU Downtown Hospital's Chine...

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Published in:American journal of hypertension 2002-04, Vol.15 (S3), p.141A-141A
Main Authors: Fang, Jing, Sun, Hoo Foo, Ho-Asjoe, Henrietta, Alderman, Michael H.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Blood Pressure
Chinese
Nhanes III
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Summary:Hypertension and its treatment among Chinese residents of the US is not well known. To compare the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among Chinese to the general US population, we collected data from participants at health screenings conducted by the NYU Downtown Hospital's Chinese Community Partnership for Health in the New York Metropolitan Chinese community and compared these findings with that of other race/ethnicities from the Third National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988-1994. There were 911 Chinese who participated the health screenings. Among these, 752 had valid blood pressure (BP) measurements. Questions regarding knowledge of and treatment for hypertension were similar to those used in NHANES III. The comparison of BP level, awareness of hypertension, unknown increased BP (BP>=140/90mm Hg), treatment and control BP among New York City Chinese, and US whites, blacks and Hispanics are in the Table. Although Chinese had a slightly lower percentage of hypertension than whites and blacks, they had the highest BP level. Comparing with US random sample, New York City Chinese had higher undetected hypertension, as well as higher uncontrolled hypertension. Chinese Whites Blacks Hispanics P Systolic BP 129 127 125 122
ISSN:0895-7061
1879-1905
1941-7225
DOI:10.1016/S0895-7061(02)02657-2