Cardiovascular risk factors in Mexican Americans in Laredo, Texas. II. Prevalence and control of hypertension.
Cardiovascular risk factors in Mexican Americans in Laredo, Texas. II. Prevalence and control of hypertension.
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德克萨斯州拉雷多墨西哥裔美国人的心血管危险因素。
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发表时间：
1981
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Reuel H. Waldrop
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作者：
M. P. Stern;S. Gaskill;Clarence R. Allen;Virginia Garza;José L. Gonzales;Reuel H. Waldrop
近年来，全国黑人和白人的高血压控制水平有了明显改善。然而，关于墨西哥裔美国人高血压控制水平的信息仍然缺乏。作者对生活在德克萨斯州拉雷多两个低收入人口普查区的墨西哥裔美国人进行了一项心血管危险因素调查。与全国黑人和白人的数字相比，以前被诊断出患有高血压的妇女的百分比，正在接受治疗，并且“在控制之下”。男子的相应百分比表明，他们的诊断、治疗和“控制”水平仍然落后于全国数字。拉雷多项目参与者的高血压患病率介于全国研究中观察到的黑人和白人之间。当比较基于血压分布或舒张压升高的患病率时，这一发现并不明显。这些结果表明，由于人口中“控制”高血压患者的数量不断增加，人口之间和跨时间的比较不能再完全基于血压测量，而必须包括“控制”高血压的病例。
In recent years there has been a marked improvement in the level of hypertension control nationally in both blacks and whites. Information is still lacking, however, on the level of hypertension control in Mexican Americans. The authors carried out a cardiovascular risk factor survey on a random sample of Mexican Americans living in two low income census tracts in Laredo, Texas. The percentages of hypertensive women who had been previously diagnosed, were under treatment, and were "under control" compared favorably with national figures for blacks and whites. Corresponding percentages for men indicated that their level of diagnosis, treatment and "control" still lagged behind the national figures. The prevalence of hypertension in Laredo Project participants was intermediate between those observed in national studies for blacks and whites. This finding did not clearly emerge when comparisons were based on either blood pressure distributions or prevalence of elevated diastolic pressures. These results indicate that, because of the increasing number of "controlled" hypertensives in the population, comparisons between populations and across time can no longer be based exclusively on blood pressure measurements, but must include cases of "controlled" hypertension.