September 23, 1996Archives of Internal Medicine
Hypertension and Subclinical Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis in Blacks and Whites
Population
15,587 middle-aged black and white adults from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study across 4 study…
Design
Cross-sectional
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Discussion
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Implication
Supports hypertension-subclinical atherosclerosis link across ethnicities and sexes; leaves open whether SBP reduction slows intima-media thickening.
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Population
15,587 middle-aged black and white adults from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study across 4 study centers
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Outcome
Subclinical atherosclerosis estimated by ultrasound-measured carotid artery intima media thickness (IMT)surrogate
Hypertension, driven predominantly by systolic blood pressure, is associated with subclinical carotid atherosclerosis across both black and white populations.
Cite This Study
Donna K. Arnett (1996) studied this question.