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Gender, race/skin colour and incidence of hypertension in ELSA-Brasil: an intersectional approach.

Etna Kaliane Pereira da SIlvaSandhi Maria BarretoLuisa Campos Caldeira BrantLidyane V CameloEdna Maria de AraújoRosane Härter GriepMaria de Jesus Mendes da FonsecaAlexandre da Costa PereiraLuana Giatti
Published in: Ethnicity & health (2022)
By using an intersectional approach, we showed the complex relations between race/skin colour and gender inequities in the incidence of HTN, pointing not only that Black men have the highest risk of developing HTN, but also that the risk of HTN is greater in Black women than in White men, when compared to White women.
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