Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2022; 118(3): 623-624
Influence of Racial Composition on Blood Pressure Control in the Brazilian Population: The Need for New Perspectives Beyond Drug Treatment
Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso
, Sandro Rodrigues Batista
, Priscila Valverde de Oliveira Vitorino
, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa
This Short Editorial is referred by the Research article "Racial Differences in Blood Pressure Control from Users of Antihypertensive Monotherapy: Results from the ELSA-Brasil Study".
In the context of cardiovascular health, some racial characteristics have been frequently associated with worse blood pressure (BP) control. For example, Black adults have more severe resistant hypertension as compared with other ethnic groups. – A lot of this evidence has been gathered from populations where there had been little racial mixing and, for this reason, understanding the impact of specific racial characteristics of the Brazilian population on the occurrence, diagnosis, and control of hypertension is imperative. ,
The study by Sousa et al. provides a new perspective on the influence of race on the treatment and control of BP in Brazilian adults. Using a robust database of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), the authors evaluated the association of self-reported race/skin color with BP control in individuals under different monotherapy antihypertensive regimens. This publication complements previous studies of the group on the influence of ethnicity on several aspects of hypertensive disease. ,
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Keywords: Chronic Disease; Ethnic Groups; Hypertension
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