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FRIDAY, Aug. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Nearly one in three young non-Hispanic black adults and about one in five young Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white adults have hypertension, according to a study published in the July 1 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Vibhu Parcha, M.D., from University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2005 to 2016) to evaluate the race-stratified trends for prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among 15,171 young U.S. adults aged 18 to 44 years.<\/p>\n
The researchers found stable trends for the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in all racial groups. From 2013 to 2016, the prevalence was highest in non-Hispanic blacks (30.7 percent), followed by non-Hispanic whites (21.9 percent) and Mexican Americans (21.9 percent). From 2005 to 2008 through 2013 to 2016, the awareness was stable at around 43.2 percent in non-Hispanic blacks, 34.8 percent in non-Hispanic whites, and 28.4 percent in Mexican Americans, as were treatment rates at nearly 34.4 , 23.7, and 20.6 percent, respectively. The optimal control of hypertension from 2013 to 2016 was achieved in 14.5 percent of non-Hispanic blacks, 12.2 percent of non-Hispanic whites, and 10.3 percent of Mexican Americans.<\/p>\n
“Our race-stratified analyses highlight the categorical need to improve the abysmal control of hypertension which is approximately one in 10 young adults,” the authors write.<\/p>\n
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