Hypertension Disparity Linked To Environment

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 14:49 in Health & Medicine

Social environment may play a greater role in the disparity between the numbers of African-Americans living with hypertension compared to non-Hispanic whites with the disease. A new study found that the disparity was substantially reduced when comparing groups of African Americans and non-Hispanic whites living in similar social environments.

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