Maywood, IL and Stanford, CA - In an attempt to identify possible genes that contribute to the risk of hypertension in African Americans, researchers have zeroed in on two chromosomes6q and 21qthat ... News Medical: Aortic rigidity in African-Americans linked to excess risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease Aortic rigidity in African-Americans linked to excess risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease Medscape: The Association Between Hypertension and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Young Adult African Americans The Association Between Hypertension and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Young Adult African Americans Renal & Urology News: Hypertension Meds Linked to Cardiovascular Events in African Americans ace inhibitors blood pressure Worse Cardiovascular Outcomes African Americans Common hypertension drugs have been linked to significantly worse cardiovascular outcomes in African Americans vs. whites.

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African-Americans have more rigidity of the aorta, the major artery supplying oxygen-rich blood to the body, than Caucasians and Hispanics, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center ... Assessment of cardiovascular risk factors in this cohort of relatively young adult African Americans indicates that 90% of subjects had one or more risk factors. The data also show that among those ...