Psychosocial correlates of apparent treatment-resistant hypertension in the Jackson Heart Study

• Published in: Journal of human hypertension Vol. 31; no. 7; pp. 474 - 478
• Main Authors: Shallcross, A J, Butler, M, Tanner, R M, Bress, A P, Muntner, P, Shimbo, D, Ogedegbe, G, Sims, M, Spruill, T M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.07.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/499; 692/699/75/243; African Americans; African Americans - psychology; Antihypertensive agents; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Antihypertensives; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diuretics; Dosage and administration; Drug resistance; Drug therapy; Epidemiology; Female; Health Administration; Health aspects; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - drug therapy; Hypertension - psychology; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; original-article; Psychological aspects; Public Health; Social aspects; Social interactions; Social networks; Social organization; Social Support; Treatment Failure

Apparent treatment-resistant hypertension (aTRH) is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. aTRH is common and disproportionately affects African Americans. The objective of this study is to explore psychosocial correlates of aTRH in a population-based cohort of African Americans with hyper...