Self-Reported Prevalence of Hypertension and Antihypertensive Medication Use Among Asian Americans : Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2013, 2015 and 2017

Asian Americans are one of the fastest growing races in the US. The objectives of this report were to assess self-reported hypertension prevalence and treatment among Asian Americans. Merging 2013, 2015, and 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data, we estimated self-reported hypertension and antihypertensive medication use among non-Hispanic Asian Americans (NHA) and compared estimates between NHA and non-Hispanic whites (NHW), and by NHA subgroup (Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese/other). The prevalence of hypertension was 20.8% and 33.5%, respectively, for NHAs and NHWs (p < 0.001). Among those with hypertension, the prevalence of antihypertensive medication use was 71.6% and 78.2%, respectively, for NHAs and NHWs (p < 0.001). Among NHA subgroups, a wide range of hypertension prevalence and medication use was found. Overall NHA had a lower reported prevalence of hypertension and use of antihypertensive medication than NHW. Certain NHA subgroups had a burden comparable to high-risk disparate populations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Journal of immigrant and minority health - 23(2021), 1 vom: 25. Feb., Seite 26-34

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Luncheon, Cecily [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Ashruta [VerfasserIn]
Ayala, Carma [VerfasserIn]
Gillespie, Cathleen [VerfasserIn]
Greenlund, Kurt J [VerfasserIn]
Loustalot, Fleetwood [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antihypertensive Agents
Antihypertensive medication use
Hypertension
Journal Article
Non-Hispanic Asian Americans
Surveillance

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Date Completed 09.08.2021

Date Revised 22.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10903-020-01032-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310338425