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Weight Status and High Blood Pressure Among Low-Income African American Men

Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Obesity is a biological risk factor or comorbidity that has not received much attention from scientists studying hypertension among African American men. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between weight status and high blood pressure among African American men with few economic resources. The authors used surveillance data collected from low-income adults attending community- and faith-based primary care clinics in West Tennessee to estimate pooled and group-specific regression models of high blood pressure. The results from group-specific logistic regression models indicate that the factors associated with hypertension varied considerably by weight status. This study provides a glimpse into the complex relationship between weight status and high blood pressure status among African American men. Additional research is needed to identify mechanisms through which excess weight affects the development and progression of high blood pressure.
DOI: 10.1177/1557988310385447
Authors: Marino A. Bruce, Bettina M. Beech, Christopher L. Edwards, Mario Sims, Isabel Scarinci, Keith E. Whitfield, Keon Gilbert, Errol D. Crook
Institutions: Duke University, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson State University, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of South Alabama
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2062841660
FWCI: 0.22
Cites: 16
Cited by: 6
Related to: 10