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Hypertension-Related Cardiovascular Mortality in Asian American Subgroups

Nilay S Shah1, Daichi Shimbo2, Paul Muntner3

  • 1Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
|February 9, 2023
PubMed

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Hypertension-related cardiovascular disease mortality varies significantly among Asian American subgroups, with all groups showing higher proportional mortality than non-Hispanic White individuals. This highlights disparities in cardiovascular health outcomes within the Asian American population.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Cardiovascular Epidemiology
  • Health Disparities

Background:

  • Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality shows heterogeneity across Asian American subgroups.
  • Differences in hypertension-related CVD mortality among these subgroups remain largely unknown.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate and compare hypertension-related CVD mortality rates and proportional mortality across diverse Asian American subgroups in the United States.
  • To identify variations in mortality risks associated with hypertension within the Asian American population.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized US mortality data from 2018-2021, focusing on deaths with CVD as the underlying cause and hypertension as a contributing factor.
  • Compared sex-specific, age-standardized mortality rates, proportional mortality, and proportional mortality ratios for non-Hispanic Asian subgroups, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic Black individuals against non-Hispanic White individuals.

Main Results:

  • Significant variation in hypertension-related CVD mortality was observed among Asian American subgroups, with up to a two-fold difference.
  • All Asian American subgroups exhibited higher proportional mortality for hypertension-related CVD compared to non-Hispanic White individuals.
  • Specific subgroup data revealed varying mortality rates, e.g., Filipina females (52.6/100,000) and Filipino males (81.0/100,000) showed higher rates.

Conclusions:

  • Hypertension-related CVD mortality is not uniform across Asian American subgroups, indicating significant internal disparities.
  • All examined Asian American subgroups face a disproportionately higher burden of mortality from hypertension-related CVD compared to the non-Hispanic White population.
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