Association of birthplace and self-reported hypertension by racial/ethnic groups among US adults – National Health Interview Survey, 2006–2010

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• Alternative Title:
  J Hypertens
• Personal Author:
  Fang, Jing ; Ayala, Carma ; Loustalot, Fleetwood
• Description:
  Background
  
  Over the past few decades, the proportion of US adults who were foreign-born has been increasing, as has the overall prevalence of hypertension. Here we compared the prevalence of self-reported hypertension among native-born adults with that among foreign-born adults, classified by racial/ethnic group.
  
  Methods
  
  Using 2006–2010 data from the National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS), we compared the age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension among native-born adults to foreign-born adults, specified by continent of birthplace and race/ethnicity. Results are expressed as unadjusted odds ratios (ORs) and three sets of adjusted odds ratios (AORs) adjusted for selected sociodemographic, behavioral and health-related characteristics. All results accounted for NHIS sampling design variables.
  
  Results
  
  The analytic sample was 124,260 with 16.3% foreign-born adults. Among the foreign born adults, 56% were from Central or South America, 22% from Asia, 13% from Europe, and 4% from Africa. Overall and after adjustment, hypertension prevalence was significantly higher among US-born adults than among foreign-born adults (AOR: 1.28, 95% CI: 1.21–1.36). By race/ethnicity, hypertension prevalence was higher among US-born non-Hispanic blacks than either foreign-born non-Hispanic blacks (AOR: 1.24, 95% CI: 1.02–1.50) or all Africa-born immigrants of any race/ethnicity (AOR: 1.45, 95% CI: 1.07–1.97). Among foreign-born adults, duration of US residence was positively associated with the likelihood of hypertension.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Hypertension prevalence was higher among US-born adults than among foreign-born adults and higher among US-born non-Hispanic blacks than in any other group. Among foreign-born adults, hypertension risk increased with the number of years they had lived in the US.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Article Emigrants And Immigrants Female Health Surveys Humans Male Middle Aged Population Groups Prevalence Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Self Report Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Hypertens. 30(12):2285-2292.
• Pubmed ID:
  23032143
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4579530
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CVY8/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Africa ; Asia ; Central America ; Europe ; South America ; United States
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:624ded67b3ae04c47a3a5254a48162d03e7da16e6e666486aa3b2f50cb6d5446
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34575/cdc_34575_DS1.pdf
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