Racial/ethnic disparities on self-reported hypertension in New York City: examining disparities among Hispanic subgroups

• Published in: Ethnicity & disease Vol. 21; no. 4; p. 429
• Main Authors: Borrell, Luisa N, Menendez, Barbara S, Joseph, Sharon P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2011
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; African Americans - statistics & numerical data; Aged; Asian Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Central America - ethnology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cuba - ethnology; Dominican Republic - ethnology; Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data; European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Health Status Disparities; Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Hypertension - ethnology; Mexican Americans - statistics & numerical data; Middle Aged; New York City - epidemiology; Prevalence; Puerto Rico - ethnology; Regression Analysis; Self Report; Socioeconomic Factors; South America - ethnology; Time Factors; Young Adult; New York City; South America; Dominican Republic; Central America; Cuba; Puerto Rico
• ISSN: 1049-510X; 1945-0826

To investigate differences in self-reported hypertension among Hispanic subgroups as they compare to Asian, non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White groups; and whether these differences depend on nativity status in the New York City Community Health Survey 2006-2008. Cross-sectional. New York City. Self-reported hypertension. Log-binomial regression was used to estimate the strength of the association between race/ethnicity and self-reported hypertension before and after adjusting for selected covariates. In adjusted analyses, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Blacks had 17%, 28% and 34% greater probability of reporting hypertension than Whites. The association between race/ethnicity and self-reported hypertension appears to vary with nativity status/length of stay in the United States. (P=.08). These findings underscore the need to investigate the prevalence of hypertension among subgroups of the Hispanic population. This issue is also relevant to Asians and Blacks, who are very heterogeneous populations regarding subgroups and nativity status.