Research needs to improve hypertension treatment and control in African Americans

Authors

Paul K. Whelton, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Paula T. Einhorn, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Paul Muntner, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lawrence J. Appel, Welch Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research
William C. Cushman, Memphis VA Medical Center
Ana V.Diez Roux, Drexel University
Keith C. Ferdinand, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Mahboob Rahman, CASE School of Medicine
Herman A. Taylor, Morehouse School of Medicine
Jamy Ard, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Donna K. Arnett, College of Public Health
Barry L. Carter, University of Iowa
Barry R. Davis, University of Texas School of Public Health
Barry I. Freedman, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Lisa A. Cooper, Welch Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Richard Cooper, Stritch School of Medicine
Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Nara Gavini, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Alan S. Go, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
David J. Hyman, Baylor College of Medicine
Paul L. Kimmel, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Karen L. Margolis, Health Partners
Edgar R. Miller, Welch Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Katherine T. Mills
George A. Mensah, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Ann M. Navar, Duke University Medical Center
Gbenga Ogedegbe, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Michael K. Rakotz, American Medical Association
George Thomas, Tulane University School of Medicine
Jonathan N. Tobin, Rockefeller University
Jackson T. Wright, CASE School of Medicine
Sung Sug Sarah Yoon, National Center for Health Statistics
Jeffrey A. Cutler, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2016

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Hypertension

First Page

1066

Last Page

1072

Recommended Citation

Whelton, P., Einhorn, P., Muntner, P., Appel, L., Cushman, W., Roux, A., Ferdinand, K., Rahman, M., Taylor, H., Ard, J., Arnett, D., Carter, B., Davis, B., Freedman, B., Cooper, L., Cooper, R., Desvigne-Nickens, P., Gavini, N., Go, A., Hyman, D., Kimmel, P., Margolis, K., Miller, E., Mills, K., Mensah, G., Navar, A., Ogedegbe, G., Rakotz, M., Thomas, G., Tobin, J., Wright, J., Yoon, S., & Cutler, J. (2016). Research needs to improve hypertension treatment and control in African Americans. Hypertension, 68 (5), 1066-1072. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.07905