April 21, 2023Hypertension73 citationsOpen Access
View Full PaperSocial Determinants of Health and Uncontrolled Blood Pressure in a National Cohort of Black and White US Adults: the REGARDS Study
Structured PICO
Do adverse social determinants of health contribute to the excess likelihood of uncontrolled blood pressure among Black compared with White US adults?
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Population
National cohort of Black and White US adults
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Intervention
Exposure to adverse social determinants of health (low education, low income, living in a health professional shortage area, disadvantaged neighborhood, and high-poverty zip code)
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Comparator
White adults / lower exposure to adverse social determinants of health
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Outcome
Uncontrolled blood pressuresurrogate
Adverse social determinants of health are significant contributors to racial disparities in uncontrolled blood pressure between Black and White adults in the US.
Abstract
SDOH including low education, low income, living in a health professional shortage area, disadvantaged neighborhood, and high-poverty zip code contributed to the excess likelihood of uncontrolled BP among Black compared with White adults.
Cite This Study
Akinyelure et al. (Fri,) studied this question.