Predisposing Factors for Severe, Uncontrolled Hypertension in an Inner-City Minority Population
Open Access
- 10 September 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 327 (11), 776-781
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199209103271107
Abstract
Hypertensive emergency and urgent hypertension are the most severe forms of uncontrolled hypertension and are now seen predominantly in poor, minority populations. We studied the characteristics of the medical care received by patients with these conditions in order to identify risk factors for severe, uncontrolled hypertension.Keywords
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