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A comparison of post-stroke hypertension medication use between US Stroke Belt and Non-Stroke Belt residents
Phoebe Tran1, Lam Tran2, Liem Tran3
1Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Abstract:
Although hypertension is a contributing factor to higher stroke occurrence in the Stroke Belt, little is known about post-stroke hypertension medication use in Stroke Belt residents. Through the use of national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys from 2015, 2017, and 2019; we compared unadjusted and adjusted estimates of post-stroke hypertension medication use by Stroke Belt residence status. Similar levels of post-stroke hypertension medication use were observed between Stroke Belt residents (OR: 1.09, 95% CI: 0.89, 1.33) and non-Stroke Belt residents. After adjustment, Stroke Belt residents had 1.14 times the odds of post-stroke hypertension medication use (95% CI: 0.92, 1.41) compared to non-Stroke Belt residents. Findings from this study suggest that there is little difference between post-stroke hypertension medication use between Stroke Belt and non-Stroke Belt residents. However, further work is needed to assess whether use of other non-medicinal methods of post-stroke hypertension control differs by Stroke Belt residence status.
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