Socioeconomic Position Is Positively Associated With Blood Pressure Dipping Among African-American Adults: The Jackson Heart Study

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Authors

DeMarc A. Hickson · University of Mississippi Medical Center

Ana V. Diez Roux · University of Michigan

Solange Wyatt · University of Mississippi Medical Center

Samsom Gebreab · University of Michigan

Gbenga Ogedegbe · New York University

Daniel F. Sarpong · Mississippi State Department of Health

Herman A. Taylor

Abstract

NBP dipping is patterned by income and education in AA adults even after accounting for known risk factors. These results suggest that low SEP is a risk factor for insufficient NBP dipping in AA.

Topics & Keywords

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Health disparities and outcomes Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Hypertension

Volume 24, Issue 9, pp. 1015-1021

DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.98

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