C-reactive protein and hypertension incidence in black and white Americans: REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study.

CONCLUSIONS: Elevated CRP attenuated a portion of the unadjusted excess risk of hypertension in black adults, but this excess risk was attenuated when controlling for measures of obesity in females and diet and socioeconomic factors in males. Inflammation related to these risk factors might explain part of the black-white disparity in hypertension.
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Source: American Journal of Hypertension - December 16, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Plante TB, Long DL, Guo B, Howard G, Carson AP, Howard VJ, Judd SE, Jenny NS, Zakai NA, Cushman M Tags: Am J Hypertens Source Type: research