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Racial/ethnic disparities in hypertension prevalence: Reconsidering the role of chronic stress

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  • Hicken, M.T.
  • Lee, H.
  • Morenoff, J.
  • House, J.S.
  • Williams, D.R.

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Objectives: We investigated the association between anticipatory stress, also known as racism-related vigilance, and hypertension prevalence in Black, Hispanic, and White adults. Methods: We used data from the Chicago Community Adult Health Study, a population-representative sample of adults (n = 3105) surveyed in 2001 to 2003, to regress hypertension prevalence on the interaction between race/ethnicity and vigilance in logit models. Results: Blacks reported the highest vigilance levels. For Blacks, each unit increase in vigilance (range= 0-12) was associated with a 4% increase in the odds of hypertension (odds ratio [OR] = 1.04; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.00, 1.09). Hispanics showed a similar but nonsignificant association (OR =1.05; 95% CI= 0.99, 1.12), and Whites showed no association (OR = 0.95; 95% CI= 0.87, 1.03). Conclusions: Vigilance may represent an important and unique source of chronic stress that contributes to the well-documented higher prevalence of hypertension among Blacks than Whites; it is a possible contributor to hypertension among Hispanics but not Whites.

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  • Hicken, M.T. & Lee, H. & Morenoff, J. & House, J.S. & Williams, D.R., 2014. "Racial/ethnic disparities in hypertension prevalence: Reconsidering the role of chronic stress," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 104(1), pages 117-123.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301395_2
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301395
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