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Hypertension control in a large multi-ethnic cohort in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: the HELIUS study.

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OBJECTIVE:Hypertension is a major problem among European ethnic minority groups. We assessed the current situation of hypertension prevalence and its management among a multi-ethnic population in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. METHODS:Data from the HELIUS study were used including 12,974 participants (1871 Ghanaian, 2184 African Surinamese, 2278 South-Asian Surinamese, 2277 Turkish, 2222 Moroccan and 2142 Dutch origin people), aged 18-70 years. Comparisons among groups were made using proportions and age-adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs). RESULTS:Hypertension prevalence ranged from 24% and 16% in Moroccan men and women to 52% and 62% in Ghanaian men and women. Except for Moroccan women, age-adjusted PR of hypertension was higher in all the ethnic minority groups than in Dutch. Among hypertensives, ethnic minority groups generally had higher levels of hypertension awareness and BP lowering treatment than Dutch. Moreover, prevalence rates for the prescription of more than one BP lowering drug were generally higher in African and South-Asian origin groups compared with Dutch origin people. By contrast, BP control levels were lower in all the ethnic groups than in Dutch, with control rates being significantly lower in Ghanaian men (26%, PR=0.49; 95% CI, 0.37-0.66) and women (45%, PR=0.64; 0.52-0.77), African-Surinamese men (30%, PR=0.61; 0.46-0.81) and women (45%, PR=0.72; 0.51-0.77), and South-Asian Surinamese men (43%, PR=0.77; 0.61-0.97) and women (47%, PR=0.76; 0.63-0.92) compared with Dutch men (53%) and women (61%). CONCLUSION:Our findings indicate poor BP control in ethnic minority groups despite the high treatment levels. More work is needed to unravel the potential factors contributing to the poor control in order to improve BP control in ethnic minority groups, particularly among African and South-Asian origin groups.

journal_name

Int J Cardiol

journal_title

International journal of cardiology

authors

Agyemang C,Kieft S,Snijder MB,Beune EJ,van den Born BJ,Brewster LM,Ujcic-Voortman JJ,Bindraban N,van Montfrans G,Peters RJ,Stronks K

doi

10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.01.061

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-03-15 00:00:00

pages

180-9

eissn

0167-5273

issn

1874-1754

pii

S0167-5273(15)00088-1

journal_volume

183

pub_type

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Hypertension control in a large multi-ethnic cohort in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: the HELIUS study.