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Race-ethnicity on blood pressure control after ischemic stroke: a prospective cohort study.
Disparities in health care access and socioeconomic status (SES) have been associated with racial-ethnic differences in blood pressure (BP) control. We examined post-ischemic stroke BP in a multiethnic cohort with good health care access. We included all hypertensive patients (n = 2972) from a randomized quality improvement trial on secondary stroke prevention, conducted in 14 Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California from 2004-2006 (QUISP). Average age 73.2 ± 12.2 years; 52% female, 66% non-Hispanic white, 14% African-American, 11% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 1% other. Demographics, diagnoses, health care utilization, BP measurements, and medications were obtained as part of routine care. We used random effects logistic regression models to examine race as a predictor of blood pressure control (<140/90 mm Hg) at 6 months post-discharge, adjusted for SES, age, gender, dementia, antihypertensive therapy, and attendance at follow-up visits. At 6 months, BP was controlled in 52.7% of blacks compared to 61.4% of whites (OR = 0.63, 95% CI, 0.48-0.82, P = .001). Black race remained independently associated with poorer BP control in adjusted analysis, although blacks were as likely to attend post-discharge visits, and more likely to be on any antihypertensive therapy than whites. Greater difficulty in controlling BP and lifestyle differences may account for this difference.
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