Racial disparities in stroke risk factor reduction persist, largely due to smaller reductions in hypertension among black individuals.
Highlights the urgent need for targeted hypertension management in Black patients; extends known disparities while leaving open.
In the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities cohort of four U.S. communities, risk factors for stroke declined from 66% to 34% among whites and from 84% to 63% among blacks from 1990 through 2010. The main driver of the difference was a smaller reduction in hypertension among blacks.
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