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Racial Disparities in Hypertension Among Young, Black and White Women

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Dr. Hines was supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Diversity Supplement 3U01MD010550-03S1 (Principal Investigator (PI): Deidra Crews, MD) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K01HL152011). Dr. Thorpe was supported by the National Institute on Aging (K02AG059140; R01AG054363), and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54MD000214).

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  1. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA

    Anika L. Hines PhD, MPH

  2. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Hossein Zare PhD & Roland J. Thorpe Jr PhD

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An earlier version of findings from a portion of this analysis was presented at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension Council’s Meeting in September of 2019.

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Hines, A.L., Zare, H. & Thorpe, R.J. Racial Disparities in Hypertension Among Young, Black and White Women. J GEN INTERN MED 37, 2123–2125 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07073-0

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