Panethnic Differences in Blood Pressure in Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 1; p. e0147601
• Main Authors: Modesti, Pietro Amedeo, Reboldi, Gianpaolo, Cappuccio, Francesco P., Agyemang, Charles, Remuzzi, Giuseppe, Rapi, Stefano, Perruolo, Eleonora, Parati, Gianfranco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 25.01.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis; Asian people; Blood; Blood Pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Clinical Medicine; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Endocrinology and Diabetes; Endokrinologi och diabetes; Epidemiology; Ethnic Groups; Ethnicity; Europe; Female; Habits; Health risks; Heterogeneity; Humans; Hypertension; Islam; Klinisk medicin; Male; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Minority & ethnic groups; Obesity; Observational studies; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Physiological aspects; Population; Populations; Public health; Regression analysis; Religion; Research and Analysis Methods; Social Sciences; Studies; Systematic review; Working groups; Europe; Italy; Netherlands; United Kingdom > UK; Spain

People of Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asians(SA) ethnic minorities living in Europe have higher risk of stroke than native Europeans(EU). Study objective is to provide an assessment of gender specific absolute differences in office systolic(SBP) and diastolic(DBP) blood pressure(BP) levels be...