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Racial Differences in Blood Pressure Control from Users of Antihypertensive Monotherapy: Results from the ELSA-Brasil Study.

Camila Tavares SousaAntonio Luiz Pinho RibeiroSandhi Maria BarretoLuana GiattiLuisa Campos Caldeira BrantPaulo Andrade LotufoDora ChorAntonio Alberto LopesSotero Serrate MengueAndré de Oliveira BaldoniRoberta Carvalho de Figueiredo
Published in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2022)
Our results suggest that in this sample of Brazilian adults using antihypertensive drugs in monotherapy, the differences in blood pressure control between different racial groups are not explained by the possible lower effectiveness of ACEIs and ARBs in Black individuals.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • hypertensive patients
  • heart rate
  • combination therapy
  • open label
  • systematic review
  • african american
  • type diabetes
  • adipose tissue
  • study protocol
  • weight loss